Path to a network drive

C

CWillis

I have written a quick macro to copy data from one workbook to another. It
works fine for the folder on my C: drive. It doesn't work for my network
drive...O: Is there something that needs to be written differently in the
code because it isn't my c: drive?

code:

Sub Loaddata()

With Sheet23.Range("A1")
.Formula = "='C:\Documents and
Settings\myname\Desktop\LoopPractice\[looppracticev3.xls]sheet2'!A3"
'.Formula =
"='O:\foldername1\foldername2\foldername3\[MockUp_Module1_Feasibility
v1a.xls]sheet1'!A3" 'this one doesn't work when uncommented
.Formula = .Value
End With

End Sub

Thanks,
Chris
 
C

CWillis

Turns out it wasn't the fact it was in a different drive but that there was a
space in the name. Not sure how to get around that other than "don't put
spaces in file name"....
 
D

Dave Peterson

Maybe you could check to see if the file exists before you use it in the
formula:

Dim TestStr as string
dim myFileName as string

myfilename = "C:\.......that long string...\something.xls"

teststr = ""
on error resume next
teststr = dir(myfilename)
on error goto 0

if teststr = "" then
'not found
else
'file found!
end if

I think Ron de Bruin has some code to check to see if the worksheet actually
exists using some ADO stuff.

You may want to search his site:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/

If you're interested.

Turns out it wasn't the fact it was in a different drive but that there was a
space in the name. Not sure how to get around that other than "don't put
spaces in file name"....

CWillis said:
I have written a quick macro to copy data from one workbook to another. It
works fine for the folder on my C: drive. It doesn't work for my network
drive...O: Is there something that needs to be written differently in the
code because it isn't my c: drive?

code:

Sub Loaddata()

With Sheet23.Range("A1")
.Formula = "='C:\Documents and
Settings\myname\Desktop\LoopPractice\[looppracticev3.xls]sheet2'!A3"
'.Formula =
"='O:\foldername1\foldername2\foldername3\[MockUp_Module1_Feasibility
v1a.xls]sheet1'!A3" 'this one doesn't work when uncommented
.Formula = .Value
End With

End Sub

Thanks,
Chris
 

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