VBA-Export as PDF to current(Working) directory? Weird shenanigans...

MikeyW1969

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Hello,
I am creating a worksheet that I want to export as a pdf when I am finished. I want it to go into the current directory, but it is dropping into "My Documents" in one way and one directory up in the second version. I could get around the thing in the second version, but it is also adding the file name to the final pdf, which I don't want. Here is the two versions of the code I'm using.

Code:
Sub CommitAndSave()
   ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat _
   Type:=xlTypePDF, _
   Filename:="Invoice" & Range("B5") & "_" & Range("A8"), _
   Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
   IncludeDocProperties:=False, _
   IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
   From:=1, _
   To:=5, _
  OpenAfterPublish:=True
End Sub

This version names it correctly, the word Invoice, followed by the Invoice # from the cell where that appears, and the name of the user. But it puts it in the "My Documents" folder, no matter where I am working from.

This is the second version:
Code:
Sub CommitAndSave()
   ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat _
   Type:=xlTypePDF, _
   Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "Invoice" & Range("B5") & "_" & Range("A8"), _
   Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
   IncludeDocProperties:=False, _
   IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
   From:=1, _
   To:=5, _
  OpenAfterPublish:=True
End Sub

This one puts it one level above where I am actually working, which isn't a deal breaker, but it puts the actual original file name out in front of "Invoice", which I don't want. I want to leave the file path as the working location, because I plan to be able to access this anywhere, using Cloud storage, so I can generate these on the fly. I don't want to use a hard coded location on my computer, because that means that I can't generate these unless I am tied down in front of my desk at home.

Any ideas?
 

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I don't know why, but that slash before "Invoice" seems to be the culprit. Thanks!!!

Being inside the quotes, I thought that meant that it would be included in the name as a text object of some kind, but that seems to be the magic key to it all. :)
 
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