relative path for const in vba code

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Hi All,

i have an excel-project with a separate xml file where config
information is stored. this xml is reference through a public constant
with an absolute path, like that:

Public Const strXMLFile As String = "D:\Documents and
Settings\t119637\Desktop\xls_work\Config\config.xml"

This works as long as the xls file runs on the machine where this
absolute file path is existing.
If i'd like to move these files (the excel file with the vba code and
the xml file) to another machine where this path is not existing, the
excel sheet wont work cause the xml file is not found.
Is there a ways to define a relative path to the xml file startin from
the actual xls file?
E.g:
the excel is stored in:
xls_work/myFile.xls
and the xml file is stored in
xls_work\Config\config.xml

So i would assume that the vba code needs to determine what the path to
the xls file is and add a /Config/config.xml to that path to have the
xls file work with the settings in the xml file.

I dont know the vba code that makes this possible

help woul be greatly apreciated
regards
thomas

[NickHK]

thomas,
Public Const strXMLFile As String = "\Config\config.xml"

Dim XMLPath as string
XMLPath =Thisworkbook.path & strXMLFile

NickHK

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> Hi All,
>
> i have an excel-project with a separate xml file where config
> information is stored. this xml is reference through a public constant
> with an absolute path, like that:
>
> Public Const strXMLFile As String = "D:\Documents and
> Settings\t119637\Desktop\xls_work\Config\config.xml"
>
> This works as long as the xls file runs on the machine where this
> absolute file path is existing.
> If i'd like to move these files (the excel file with the vba code and
> the xml file) to another machine where this path is not existing, the
> excel sheet wont work cause the xml file is not found.
> Is there a ways to define a relative path to the xml file startin from
> the actual xls file?
> E.g:
> the excel is stored in:
> xls_work/myFile.xls
> and the xml file is stored in
> xls_work\Config\config.xml
>
> So i would assume that the vba code needs to determine what the path to
> the xls file is and add a /Config/config.xml to that path to have the
> xls file work with the settings in the xml file.
>
> I dont know the vba code that makes this possible
>
> help woul be greatly apreciated
> regards
> thomas
>

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Hi Nick,

thanx a lot for ur reply. Will this XMLPath be public throughout the
workbook or do i have to declare it so?

regards
thomas

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Nick,

I tried the solution u told me but unfortunately it doesnt work.
ThisWorkbook.Path doesnt work outside a procedure. all these variables
and constant are defined in module 1 before the Auto_Open() Sub is
called. The strXMLFile is called throughout 10 different modules, so it
should be public. Any idea how to do it? I tried copying the
ThisWorkbook.Path inside the Auto_Open() Sub, but then the path is not
made public. Any idea how i could fix this?
thanx in advance!!
regards
thomas

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Hi Thomas, I modified from Nick's reply:

Public Const strXMLFile As String = "\Config\config.xml"
Global XMLPath as String

Sub AutoLoad() 'This should be the procedure you run at startup
XMLPath = ThisWorkbook.Path & strXMLFile
....
.... more of your own code
....
End Sub

Because the XMLPath variable is a global one, it will be available to
all your modules in the workbook. Be aware that you cannot assign
values to a variable outside of a sub/function (as you've noticed),
only constants can be done this way.

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thanx a lot, that worked perfectly :-)

take care