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    Hello Everyone,

    I'm new to VBA world. Please, could anyone help me?. Getting the message as Invalid procedure call or argument error and also after saving the file in output folder file is getting an error message. Attached zip folder for reference.

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    What line of code is giving you the "Invalid procedure call or argument" error?

    I tried to run your code but I can't even start because the first thing it does is prompt me to open a file and I don't know what file to open.
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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Hi 6StringJazzer,

    sorry for that I'll make sure going forward.

    appreciate your quick response. it's my mistake I didn't explain it in brief. However, below are the steps which need to be followed:

    1. Firstly need to place the zipped folder in desktop and before running the Macro from the sheet("Blank_Checklist"), need to change the folder path in line "strFile = "C:\Users\pradeep_venugopal\Desktop\Insurance\Input\Input_Summary.xlsx"
    2. Need to open the file named "Insured_Name" when it prompts to open the file which is present inside Ins\New Requirement\

    The error message which I mentioned is in line " filename = Dir" and the error message I'm receiving is "Invalid Procedure call or Argument error.

    Also while saving the file due to the line("ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs "C:\Users\pradeep_venugopal\Desktop\Ins\New Requirement\Output\" & "LOB" & filename, xlNormal") which i have used it in my code is leading to file corrupt once copied into output folder.

    Please help me!!! thanking you in advance!!

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    You can't call Dir inside another loop that uses Dir.
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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Thank You, Rory. Could anyone please help me with the code. still, I couldn't figure out the alternate way. this is really been hectic for and I'm worried about it.

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Ideally you'd do your Dir loop at the start and put all the file names into an array and then process that. As a quick fix, you could add this function:

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    then replace this:

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    at the end of your function with this:

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Hi Rorya, I tried doing it in the same way as you said. unable to execute the function itself. could you please help me!!! Thanking you in advance!!

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    What do you mean by that? You're not supposed to execute that function; it gets called by your existing code.

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Hi Rorya,

    heartily thankful to you. It's working amazing the only thing is the file is getting corrupted when it's copied to the output folder, which is due to the below code I guess. could you please suggest me on this.

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    Note: Variable "filename" already consists of the filename with extension. (ex:LOB13 SBA IN4440 SB.xlsx). Not sure if this is correct.

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Replace xlNormal with xlOpenXMLWorkbook

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Thanks a lot Rorya :-)

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    Re: File is getting corrupted when saved / Invalid Procedure call or Argument Error

    Glad to help.

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