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Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:26 Delegate Ivan said...

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Can a macro be written which incorporates data from a second workbook?

Fri 21 Nov 2008, 13:43 Trainer Laura said...

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Hi Ivan

Thank you for your question regarding Workbooks in VBA.

Yes you can access data in other workbooks in VBA, you will need to open the workbooks.

Dim mybook as Workbook

Dim myotherbook as Workbook

' 

Set mybook = ActiveWorkbook

' Open other workbook

Workbooks.Open "Book2.xls"

set myotherbook = ActiveWorkbook

You can then use mybook.Activate and myotherbook.Activate to switch between the two books.

Please let me know how you get on.

Laura GB

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