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Saving changes made by VBA

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Ian has attended:
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Saving changes made by VBA

I have used the following code to opne a file and protect and share the file however the changes are lost when file closes. any suggestions

Sub endofrepmessage()

With Application
.EnableEvents = False
.ScreenUpdating = False
.DisplayAlerts = False
End With

Sheets("Menu").Select
Range("F34:G35").Interior.ColorIndex = 50
Range("F34:G35") = "Update Completed" & " " & Now()

'
Workbooks.Open FileName:= _
"S:\Healthcare\JOINT HEALTHCARE INFO\KPIs\AZ Cost KPI\AZ CC Archive.xlsm"

Sheets("AZ Archive Complete").Select
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
Sheets("AZ Archive New").Select
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True

If Not ActiveWorkbook.MultiUserEditing Then
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs ActiveWorkbook.Name, accessmode:=xlShared

End If

ActiveWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=True

MsgBox "Now Shared"


End Sub

RE: saving changes made by VBA

Hi Ian

Thanks for getting in touch. When you're using the SaveAs method in Excel 2007, you need to specify the FileFormat to make sure it is saved as an XLSM (macro enabled workbook).

You'll need a line like this:

ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs ActiveWorkbook.Name, accessmode:=xlShared, fileformat:=52

There's more detail on this from the excellent Ron DeBruin:

http://blogs.office.com/2009/07/07/use-the-vba-saveas-method-in-excel-2007/

You might want to try commenting out the "DisplayAlerts = False" line while you're testing, to make sure it trips the save command.

Kind regards

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