Iterate to Find Listobject in a Workbook - excel

Question

I am trying to find a table ( ListObject ) from a excel workbook ( Lets say workbook 2 ) after opening the same through a VBA subroutine in another workbook ( Lets say workbook 1 ).
The code I tried is as follows ,
Sub B()
Dim TBL_EMP As ListObject
Dim strFile As Variant
Dim WS_Count As Integer
strFile = "File Path"
Set WB_TRN = Workbooks.Open(strFile)
WS_Count = WB_TRN.Worksheets.Count
For n = 1 To WS_Count
On Error GoTo Next_IT
Set TBL_EMP = WB_TRN.Worksheets(n).ListObjects("EmployeeNameTbl")
If Not TBL_EMP Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Object Found"
End If
Next_IT:
Next n
End Sub
When I run the subroutine it iterate only through 2 sheets and gives error code 9 " ( Subscript Out of Range ) eventhough workbook 2 has 10 worksheets.
If I open the workbook 2 through file open dialogue box then the code works fine.
Please help me to solve this.
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Referencing a Table in a Workbook
A 'Sub' Example
Sub LocateTableExample()
Const FilePath As String = "C:\Test\Test.xlsx"
Const TableName As String = "EmployeeNameTbl"
Dim wb As Workbook: Set wb = Workbooks.Open(FilePath)
'Dim wb As Workbook: Set wb = ThisWorkbook ' workbook containing this code
Dim tbl As ListObject
Dim IsFound As Boolean
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In wb.Worksheets
On Error Resume Next
Set tbl = ws.ListObjects(TableName)
On Error GoTo 0
If Not tbl Is Nothing Then
IsFound = True
Exit For ' stop looping, it is found
End If
Next ws
' Continue using the 'tbl' and 'ws' variables.
Debug.Print tbl.Name
Debug.Print ws.Name
If IsFound Then
MsgBox "Table found in worksheet '" & ws.Name & "'.", vbInformation
Else
MsgBox "Table not found.", vbCritical
End If
End Sub
Using a Function
The procedure ReferenceTableTest utilizes (calls) the following ReferenceTable function.
Sub ReferenceTableTest()
Const FilePath As String = "C:\Test\Test.xlsx"
Const TableName As String = "EmployeeNameTbl"
Dim wb As Workbook: Set wb = Workbooks.Open(FilePath)
'Dim wb As Workbook: Set wb = ThisWorkbook ' workbook containing this code
Dim tbl As ListObject: Set tbl = ReferenceTable(wb, TableName)
If tbl Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Debug.Print "Get the Names Using the 'tbl' variable"
Debug.Print "Table Name: " & tbl.Name
Debug.Print "Worksheet Name: " & tbl.Range.Worksheet.Name
Debug.Print "Workbook Name: " & tbl.Range.Worksheet.Parent.Name
End Sub
Function ReferenceTable( _
ByVal wb As Workbook, _
ByVal TableName As String) _
As ListObject
Const ProcName As String = "ReferenceTable"
On Error GoTo ClearError
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim tbl As ListObject
For Each ws In wb.Worksheets
On Error Resume Next
Set tbl = ws.ListObjects(TableName)
On Error GoTo 0
If Not tbl Is Nothing Then
Set ReferenceTable = tbl
Exit For
End If
Next ws
ProcExit:
Exit Function
ClearError:
Debug.Print "'" & ProcName & "': Unexpected Error!" & vbLf _
& " " & "Run-time error '" & Err.Number & "':" & vbLf _
& " " & Err.Description
Resume ProcExit
End Function