Userform throwing a 438 error on hiding workbook

AMoss79

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Hi all,
Hope you can Help i'm fairly new to VBA and Userforms.

We have a userform which we want filling in but don't want to show the excel in the background as we want to try limit anyone from going in and updating it, this works fine if there are no other workbooks open but if there is the code i have currently is causing a runtime 438 error

It's being opened from sharepoint and we have had a few instances were data isn't being saved as it's opened in read only hence the code to open in edit mode.

here is the code I have (i've highlighted the line debug is showing me as being at fault in red)

/**************************************************/

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.DisplayAlerts = False

If ActiveWorkbook.ReadOnly = True Then
ActiveWorkbook.LockServerFile
End If

If Workbooks.Count > 1 Then 'if more than 1 excel instance open
Workbooks("ExcelUserformName.xlsm.").Visible = False ' hide the workbook
Else
Application.Visible = False ' hide the excel for userform
End If

Userform1.Show 'show the Userform


End Sub

Any Advice would be appreciated. This is hopefully the last hurdle to haveing a nicely functioning userform
 

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