VBA - Open excel file in relative path containing month

[Josu]

Hello, I tried to google hardly, but can't get macro working, always as month showing January
This is code I have

Sub test3()

Dim dt As String, dt2 As String
Dim filename As String, strMonth As String

strMth = MonthName(Month(Now()))
If Month(Now()) = 1 Then
    mth = "1"
    strPriorMth = MonthName(12, True)
Else
    mth = Month(Now() - 1)
    strPriorMth = MonthName(Month(Now()) - 1, True)
End If

dt = Format(mth, "mm")
dt2 = Format(mth, "mmmm")

filename = "C:\GENERAL\2023\" & dt & " " & dt2 & "\" & "Handover*.xlsm"

Debug.Print filename
'Workbooks.Open filename
End Sub

File which I want to open will be in "C:\GENERAL\2023\07 July\ or either another month

 

[Joe4]

The issue is that you are trying to apply date formatting to a number (and not a date).

Try this:

Sub test3()

Dim dt As String, dt2 As String
Dim filename As String, strMonth As String
Dim mth As Byte
Dim strMth As String, strPriorMth As String

strMth = MonthName(Month(Now()))
If Month(Now()) = 1 Then
    mth = 1
    strPriorMth = MonthName(12, True)
Else
    mth = Month(Now() - 1)
    strPriorMth = MonthName(Month(Now()) - 1, True)
End If

dt = Format(DateSerial(2023, mth, 1), "mm")
dt2 = Format(DateSerial(2023, mth, 1), "mmmm")

filename = "C:\GENERAL\2023\" & dt & " " & dt2 & "\" & "Handover*.xlsm"

Debug.Print filename
'Workbooks.Open filename
End Sub

 

[Josu]

The issue is that you are trying to apply date formatting to a number (and not a date).

Try this:

Sub test3()

Dim dt As String, dt2 As String
Dim filename As String, strMonth As String
Dim mth As Byte
Dim strMth As String, strPriorMth As String

strMth = MonthName(Month(Now()))
If Month(Now()) = 1 Then
    mth = 1
    strPriorMth = MonthName(12, True)
Else
    mth = Month(Now() - 1)
    strPriorMth = MonthName(Month(Now()) - 1, True)
End If

dt = Format(DateSerial(2023, mth, 1), "mm")
dt2 = Format(DateSerial(2023, mth, 1), "mmmm")

filename = "C:\GENERAL\2023\" & dt & " " & dt2 & "\" & "Handover*.xlsm"

Debug.Print filename
'Workbooks.Open filename
End Sub

Thanks a lot, working as I wanted
Is it any way to modify a bit this outcome to detect year?
And one more thing, any way to say for example if 08 August don't exist, open 07 July?
I am very new with vba

 

[Joe4]

Is it any way to modify a bit this outcome to detect year?

If you are referring to the "2023" in my calculation, note that it does not matter what year you put in there.
We are just trying to create a valid date so we can apply the Format function to it and pull the month value off.

Note, however, you can easily get the year of the current date like this:

yr = Year(Now())

And one more thing, any way to say for example if 08 August don't exist, open 07 July?

That is really a whole different question, and as such, should be posted to a new question.