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    convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    I am trying to go through every file on the server and convert the old excel document to a new macro enabled one. This needs to be done in some way shape or form. It will convert hundreds of files then randomly stop with an open excel document left on my screen and the code stops without giving an error. This is more of a headache as I have to restart the conversion. Can someone tell me why this is happening.

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    Re: convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    Run time error '1004':
    Method 'SaveAs' of object'_Worksheet' failed

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    Re: convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    And Run-time error '75':
    Path/File access error
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    Re: convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    Hello,

    I'm not sure that I have a solution to your problem, but it sounds as if the connection between Excel and your servers has broken somewhere in the process (which is why Excel cannot save directly to the server, or delete an object from the server). I have come across this issue many times over the years, and whilst frustrating I'm not sure there is much you can do about it. The fact that the error occurs 'randomly' means it will be difficult to point the finger at the code as in some passes a file may work fine, and in others it may stop. I suspect then that it is nothing to do with your code or the actual files themselves, but more likely to be caused by an unreliable server connection (even a split second flicker can cause Excel to break).

    There maybe some clever API calls that can re-establish the connection that may get around this, but I have never heard of anything.

    I think one solution that may 'help' would be to maintain a text file log of the files that you have converted successfully as the code runs, so that the next time it breaks you can resume the routine where it left off, rather than having to re-save every workbook each time. Alternatively, you could just check to see whether a file of 'xlsm' type already exists, and skip over the file if this is the case?

    Not very helpful I'm afraid, but hopefully a couple of pointers for you here.

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    Re: convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    I just wanted someone to look at it and see what happens. I will add in the code to write to a text file , but I am curious how I would get it to know how many recursions it has gone through. Also I have it check to see if the file is an .xls
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    So the next time it starts it zips through pretty quickly. I just wanted to run this code through the weekend and I can't without babysitting it. The server has about 30Gb of info so I really just wanted it to run through without someone watching it.

    Thanks again

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    Re: convert all 97-2003 excel documents to macro enabled documents on server

    Maybe just create a list of filenames handled, and include a check that skips allready handled files.

    -edit- (sorry, mis-read your previous post, missed the last bit.)
    this wont help you if you cant be there when it runs.
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