(DAVE PETERSON) - SAVE WORKSHEET AS A NEW WORKBOOK

[Gator Girl]

DAVE PETERSON SAYS TO USE THIS: BUT HOW DO I SET IT UP? ALT-F11 and THEN
WHAT?
dim wks as worksheet
set wks = worksheets("somesheetnamehere")
wks.copy 'copies to a new workbook--single sheet
'save the newly created single sheet workbook.
with activeworkbook
.saveas filename:="C:\..."
.close savechanges:=false
end with

 

[Sheeloo]

Put a Sub Copymacro() before the code
and End Sun at the end.
Make updates as marked in the code
THEN
1. Open the Visual Basic Editor by going to tools-Macro's-Visual Basic
Editor or use Alt-F11
2. On the toolbar of the Visual Basic Editor, go to insert - module after
selecting the workbook on the left in which you want to use this code
3. In the module pane paste the code above.
4. Close the Visual Basic Editor By clicking the X in the upper right
corner or go to File-Close

 

[Gator Girl]

Hi Sheeloo - I don't know the first thing about this. I've written tons of
macros, but this is different. What is a Sub Copymacro( )? What is an End
Sun. Where do I start doing this? Pretend I am really stupid (generally
I'm not but about this, if the shoe fits....)

 

[Bob Phillips]

How can you say you have written tons of macros, but say that this is
different.

It should be End Sub, not End Sun.

 

[Gator Girl]

Why are you angry, Bob? The way I've created Macros is by clicking on
record Macro, doing a few things, then clicking on stop recording. So when
I say I've written macros, I guess it is better to say I have "recorded"
them. I don't know how to write from scratch. I don't know where to start.
I have spent hours searching for online help, but the results I find are not
basic enough. I need Visual Basic for dummies.

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you're new to macros:

Debra Dalgleish has some notes how to implement macros here:
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

David McRitchie has an intro to macros:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Ron de Bruin's intro to macros:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

(General, Regular and Standard modules all describe the same thing.)

Option Explicit
Sub testme()
dim wks as worksheet
'change this to the worksheet that you need to copy
set wks = worksheets("somesheetnamehere")

wks.copy 'copies to a new workbook--single sheet

'save the newly created single sheet workbook.
with activeworkbook
'change the C:\... to a real, existing location with a valid filename
'like
.saveas filename:="C:\my documents\myfilename.xls", _
fileformat:=xlworkbooknormal
.close savechanges:=false
end with
End Sub

(I added another parameter to the .saveas line in this version.)

 

[Bob Phillips]

Nobody is angry. You asked the very simplest question, even if you record
macros don't you ever look at them and try and see how they do what (you
know) they do?

There is a Visual Basic for Dummies book.