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Ian,

The following version of your code should work OK:

Thisworkbook.SaveAs "X:\SpecialFolder\ ABC" & _
Format(Now,"yyyymmdd_hhmm") & ".xls"


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I have an excel (XP version) application in use on a
network. The app is being run by 50+ different users,
and currently they output the final result sheet to a
printer on completion.

I would like to save some trees and instead of printing
the output, I would like to save it to a folder on the
network. The problem is, each user prints between 5 &
10 of these sheets per shift.

Not all of the users are computer savvy, so in order to
avoid everyone saving their files over everyone elses, I
would need to write a macro that would save the file
automatically to a specific folder. At the same time it
would also need to generate a unique file name for each
individual user!

Does anyone know if this is possible, and can you give me
any pointers please?

I tried something like this:

Thisworkbook.SaveAs "X:\SpecialFolder\ & "ABC" & _
format(now,"yyyymmdd_hhmm") & ".xls"

but I get syntax errors or expected end of statement
errors.

Thanks in advance.

Ian.




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I completely overlooked the missing quotes!

That'll teach me not to answer in a rush...

; )

Randall

"Ian L" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I'll give it another try.

Ian ;o)

-----Original Message-----
Ian,

The following version of your code should work OK:

Thisworkbook.SaveAs "X:\SpecialFolder\ ABC" & _
Format(Now,"yyyymmdd_hhmm") & ".xls"


--

John Green - Excel MVP
Sydney
Australia


"Ian L." wrote in message

...
I have an excel (XP version) application in use on a
network. The app is being run by 50+ different users,
and currently they output the final result sheet to a
printer on completion.

I would like to save some trees and instead of printing
the output, I would like to save it to a folder on the
network. The problem is, each user prints between 5 &
10 of these sheets per shift.

Not all of the users are computer savvy, so in order to
avoid everyone saving their files over everyone elses,

I
would need to write a macro that would save the file
automatically to a specific folder. At the same time

it
would also need to generate a unique file name for each
individual user!

Does anyone know if this is possible, and can you give

me
any pointers please?

I tried something like this:

Thisworkbook.SaveAs "X:\SpecialFolder\ & "ABC" & _
format(now,"yyyymmdd_hhmm") & ".xls"

but I get syntax errors or expected end of statement
errors.

Thanks in advance.

Ian.




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