It can be used as a worksheet function (WS) in Excel. So it’s a leftover from a long time ago. And it’s still useful. Because Excel stores dates as serial numbers, actually the number of days since January 1, 1900, you can subtract one date from another and get the number of days between them. How to share Excel workbook and protect change tracking. Limitations of shared Excel file. This section shows how to share an Excel workbook for multiple users by saving it to a local network If you want to delete personal views of the removed user, switch to the View tab > Workbook Views.
Re: Mac: Check If WorkBook Open. If Not, Open It.
I can't check it right now (at work) but I'll try to take a look when I get home if noone else has figured out a sollution for you. Have you tried using the recorder though and just open the file manually to see what the syntax looks like. I don't think there is any difference between the Mac and PC version other than the delimiter since I've written a few macros that run on both platforms and open files. I set a global variable to hold the delimiter character that I use to build my filename/path and I've never had any problems. I guess the next obvious question; are you sure the file exists where you are trying to open it from? Re: Mac: Check If WorkBook Open.
If Not, Open It. Hi ShosMeister, Thanks for the advice. I haven´t thought about recording a macro. Of course Sometimes basic advices rocks. Meanwhile I was waiting for an answer, I had written a macro checking if the detination file was open and if not, it would exit the sub and then a msgBox would pop up saying that the 'destination file is not open and the user should open it'. I prefer to do all automatic and avoid users actions. Now I can do it.
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Macros and VBA tools can be found on the Developer tab, which is hidden by default, so the first step is to enable it. For more information, see. Next, create a macro.
We’ll record a macro that does nothing, but will create the Personal Macro workbook. You can learn more about creating macros in. Go to the Developer tab, and click Record Macro.
In the Record Macro dialog box, don't bother entering a name for the macro in the Macro name box. You can accept the name that Excel gives you, such as Macro1, since this is just a temporary macro. When you do start creating macros of your own, you'll want to give them descriptive names, so you know what they do. In the Store macro in box, pick Personal Macro Workbook OK. This is the most important step, because if you don't already have a Personal Macro Workbook, Excel will create one for you.
Click Developer Stop Recording, and Excel will have created your Personal Macro worbook. When you close the workbook, you'll be prompted to save both the workbook, and the Personal Macro workbook. To see the macro you created:. Go to Developer Visual Basic to launch the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), which is where your macros are stored.
You can find your Personal Macro workbook in the Project Explorer pane on the left hand side. If you don't see it, go to View Project Explorer. Double-click on the VBA Project (PERSONAL.xlsb) folder Modules Module1, and you'll find the empty Macro1 that you recorded.
You can delete it, or keep it to add code to later. Note: When you record a macro in a new instance of Excel, VBA will automatically create a new Module folder and increment its number. So if you already have Module1 and Module2, VBA will create Module3. You can rename Modules in the Properties window beneath the Project Explorer, so they better reflect what the macros inside them do.
Moving macros from one computer to another Your Personal.xlsb file is stored in a folder called XLSTART. If you want to share your macros with someone else, you can copy it to the XLSTART folder on other computers, or copy some or all of its macros to the Personal.xlsb file on other computers. You can search for XLSTART in Windows Explorer to locate it. If you have one or just a few macros that you want to share with others, you can send them the workbook that contains them.
You can also make the workbook available on a shared network drive or from a SharePoint Services library. For more information about copying a macro from one workbook to another, see. Make sure the Developer tab is visible on the ribbon. By default, the Developer tab is not visible, so do the following:. Go to Excel Preferences Ribbon & Toolbar. In the Customize the Ribbon category, in the Main Tabs list, select the Developer check box, and then click Save. Next, create a macro.
We’ll record a macro that does nothing, but will create the Personal Macro workbook. You can learn more about creating macros in. Go to the Developer tab, and click Record Macro. In the Record Macro dialog box, don't bother entering a name for the macro in the Macro name box.
You can accept the name that Excel gives you, such as Macro1, since this is just a temporary macro. When you do start creating macros of your own, you'll want to give them descriptive names, so you know what they do. In the Store macro in box, pick Personal Macro Workbook OK. This is the most important step, because if you don't already have a Personal Macro Workbook, Excel will create one for you.
Click Developer Stop Recording, and Excel will have created your Personal Macro worbook. When you close the workbook, you'll be prompted to save both the workbook, and the Personal Macro workbook. To see the macro you created:. Click Developer Visual Basic to launch the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), which is where your macros are stored. You can find your Personal Macro workbook in the Project Explorer pane on the left hand side. If you don't see it, go to View Project Explorer.
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Double-click on the VBA Project (PERSONAL.xlsb) folder Modules Module1, and you'll find the empty Macro1 that you recorded. You can delete it, or keep it to add code to later. Note: When you record a macro in a new instance of Excel, VBA will automatically create a new Module folder and increment its number. So if you already have Module1 and Module2, VBA will create Module3. You can rename Modules in the Properties window beneath the Project Explorer, so they better reflect what the macros inside them do.
Moving macros from one computer to another Your Personal.xlsb file is stored in a system startup folder. If you want to share your macros with someone else, you can copy Personal.xlsb to the startup folder on other computers, or copy some or all of its macros to the Personal.xlsb file on other computers. In Finder select Go, then hold down the Option key, and select Library. In the Library pane, navigate to: Group Containers xyz.Office (where xyz be a text string, like 'UBF8T346G9') User Content Startup Excel. Paste your Personal.xlsb file into the Excel folder.
If you have one or just a few macros that you want to share with others, you can send them the workbook that contains them. You can also make the workbook available on a shared network drive or from a SharePoint Services library. For more information about copying a macro from one workbook to another, see.
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