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    Save As to a specific file path...

    I have this code which works great. It allows me to save the current workbook as a copy with a new name...that name being info taken from certain cells in the workbook. The problem I am having is that it goes to the default documents file path. How would I go about getting this code to save to a specific file path?

    Currently it goes to C:\Users\me\Documents
    I would like it to go to a specific folder in onedrive.


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    Any help would be great!
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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Hello 7hc784hdi,


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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Like this.

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    Avoid using Select, Selection and Activate in your code. Use With ... End With instead.
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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    I read bakerman2's post with some degree of incredulity, because it seemed to me that the constants string "Path to onedrive" would not work.

    Here's what I put together:

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    Sho 'nuff I got the (expected) Error 76 Path not found. However, on both of the following attempts (using the https:\\ prefix), I get Error 52 Bad file name or number

    I, too, have a need to do this, and the path name from retrieving my spreadsheet is a URL:

    https://d.docs.live.net/b5a1d42f6989ea7f/Software Development/Excel Projects/NAG National Open Days

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    Now, I believe that while Windows accepts a slash "/" as a directory separator, the actual directory separator character is a backslash "\" (Hex 0x5C) Which is a whole different wrinkle on the problem. I don't know why Windows returns a forward slash rather than a backslash, but I'll leave that for now...
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    The underlying point is how do I correctly (as in, it will work) open a file on OneDrive (preferably a new file, opened for output, since that is what I'm looking for.....)?

    Thanks for any pointers,

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    OK A lot of Googling later - turns out there are some SDKs for OneDrive.
    However, none of them seem to answer this question: If Excel can work with an arbitrary workbook (and it can, I tried ;-)), why won't VBA do the same? I know that the short-form answer to this is "Because VBA was developed a long time before OneDrive", but really, isn't this the sort of thing to check for when introducing a wonderful new gizmo?

    OneDrive does have a synchronization folder (buried in your Users directory), but VBA reports the web-address of the workbook, rather than the sync directory. Doesn't this make the whole question of synchronizing kind of moot? It shouldn't matter where I make the change, "synchronizing" will cause the same data to be in both locations, right?

    I've just tried a different spreadsheet (with the same need to open a file in the same directory as the actual spreadsheet), and it works fine. The new file goes to the synchronization folder. So it must be something to do with synchronization.

    Continuing to explore...

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Progress!

    I went through OneDrive and forced everything to resync. No problem, now, with opening the 'remote' file. I don't know yet exactly where the file was created (as opposed to being sync'ed), but will post back in a few minutes.

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    OK, I think we have an answer.

    The folder was not synchronizing for the first few attempts. I forced resunc, and now it's OK. The file is created locally (in the shadow directory on my computer, not on the cloud directory. The file shows up in both locations, however, and is closed properly when I exit the app.

    I guess I need to spend a bit more time learning how OneDrive synchronization works. Bottom line, makecertain that any new folder is forced to redsync as soon as possible.

    HTH others!

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Thanks for the input.

    bakerman2 answer is pretty much what i was looking for however...the correct file path opens in the save as window; but file name does not get the info from the cells...it is blank. so close.

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Hi 7hc784hdi

    Sorry to overwhelm you with all my poroblems, rather than helping you deal with yours!

    Before trying to Save As, you should probably check that the appropriate cells are non-blank. Then you can pop up a message box, or quietly do nothing, if it's necessary.

    Good luck!

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    Thanks Tony. The cells are not blank. The code works perfect when letting it go to the default path as in the code I posted. Going with what bakerman2 suggested makes the file path work but not the cell part work.
    Has to be something in the formatting...
    ...or me.

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    Re: Save As to a specific file path...

    What if you try it like this.

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