VBA: Problem when addressing Workbook or Window via String

bobbel85

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Hello,

Does anyone know the bug or problem where you get an error message (error 9 or 91) when you address a "window" or a "workbook" with a string like this?

Code:
strFile = "NameOfWorkbook"

Windows(strFile).visible = false
Workbooks(strFile).Close

The strange thing is, that this code is running on a lot machines in our Company without any error, but on a few it shows this behavior.
Furthermore, if I'm (with my user-account) running the code on their PC everything is fine; or if they run the code on another pc it is also fine.
So I guess it must be a special combination of their Excel/windows-Setting.

Perhaps somebody has heard of a bug like this and can me give a hint, where I can search for it.

thx in advance



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Welcome to the forum.

You should use Workbooks(strFile) and make sure you include the file extenstion in the strFile variable. That will always work, regardless of desktop settings.
 
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