Macro to save range as PDF issue

jtmjtm

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Hi All,

I've found a macro online that I am using to save a fixed range to PDF, with the name generated by cells within the sheet. However when I try to run the macro it returns this:

<style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 12.0px}</style>
Run-time error '1004':


Application-defined or object-defined error

This is the macro that I am using, when selecting debug it highlights the line containing the ExportAsFixedFormat command, I was also having this issue when testing with just the ExportAsFixedFormat command.

Code:
Public Sub CreateInvoicePdf()


Dim outputFile As String


With Sheets("Invoice Creation")
    outputFile = Environ("UserProfile") & "\Desktop\Quotes"
    outputFile = outputFile & .Range("A1").Value & " " & .Range("E1").Value & " Invoice" & ".pdf"
    .Range("A1:G45").ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:=outputFile
End With


End Sub

I am using Excel on a mac if that helps.

Thank you in advance for any help.
 

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It is probably a path error. My guess is missing backslash
- is Quotes a subfolder? If so...
Code:
   outputFile = Environ("UserProfile") & "\Desktop\Quotes[SIZE=3][B][COLOR=#000080]\[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]"

I presume this simply generates the name of the file
Code:
    .Range("A1").Value & " " & .Range("E1").Value & " Invoice"

See what the message box returns. correct the error and remove the apostrophe on next line
Code:
Public Sub CreateInvoicePdf()
Dim outputFile As String
With Sheets("Invoice Creation")
    outputFile = Environ("UserProfile") & "\Desktop\Quotes"
    outputFile = outputFile & .Range("A1").Value & " " & .Range("E1").Value & " Invoice" & ".pdf"
    
    MsgBox outputFile & .Range("A1").Value & " " & .Range("E1").Value & " Invoice" & ".pdf"
[COLOR=#ff0000] [SIZE=3][B]'[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]  .Range("A1:G45").ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:=outputFile
End With

End Sub
 
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Try
Code:
Public Sub CreateInvoicePdf()


Dim outputFile As String
Dim Sep As String
Sep = Application.PathSeparator

With Sheets("Invoice Creation")
    outputFile = Environ("UserProfile") & Sep & "Desktop" & Sep & "Quotes" & Sep
    outputFile = outputFile & .Range("A1").Value & " " & .Range("E1").Value & " Invoice" & ".pdf"
    .Range("A1:G45").ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, fileName:=outputFile
End With
 
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