Excel VBA Form control: Opening/creating an Excel file - excel

Question

I'd to create check if a file is exists using the shipNo and FilePath. If not, copy master.xls and rename the file according to shipNo. In all cases open the file afterwards.
Private Sub PDFButton_Click()
On Error Resume Next
Dim SourceFile As String, destFile As String, sourceExtension, shipNo As String
'Initialize variables
shipNo = Range("D4").Value
FilePath = "C:\Users\*\Documents\QueueRecord\"
SourceFile = "C:\Users\*\Documents\QueueRecord\Gen master.xls\"
If (destFile) = "" Then
Dim fso, createText As FileSystemObject
Set fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
fso.CopyFile SourceFile, FilePath & "SampleFileCopy.xls\"
Set createText = fso.CreateTextFile(FilePath, True, True)
createText.Write "success"
createText.Close
If fso.FileExists(FilePath & "SampleFileCopy.xls\") Then
MsgBox "Success"
End If
End If
ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink ("C:\Users\*\Documents\QueueRecord\" + shipNo + ".xls\")
End Sub
In my tests SampleFileCopy.xls is never created, nor is the textFile created.

Answer 1

destFile will always be empty the way you have it written. I'm assuming you want the line to look like:
If dir(FilePath & shipNo & ".xls") = "" Then
Also, remove all the back slashes after the full file paths.
this:
"C:\Users\*\Documents\QueueRecord\Gen master.xls\"
should be this:
Environ("userprofile") & "\Documents\QueueRecord\Gen master.xls"
Also, as stated in the comments, remove the "on error resume next" so you know where the code is breaking.
Full code below, based on the assumption that destFile is supposed to be filepath and shipNo:
Private Sub PDFButton_Click()
Dim SourceFile As String, destFile As String, sourceExtension, shipNo As String
'Initialize variables
shipNo = Range("D4").Value
FilePath = Environ("userprofile") & "\Documents\QueueRecord\"
SourceFile = Environ("userprofile") & "\Documents\QueueRecord\Gen master.xls"
If Dir(FilePath & shipNo & ".xls", vbDirectory) = "" Then
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Set fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
fso.CopyFile SourceFile, FilePath & "SampleFileCopy.xls"
'create text file
TextFile = FreeFile
Open FilePath & shipNo & ".txt" For Output As TextFile
Print #TextFile, "success";
Close TextFile
If fso.FileExists(FilePath & "SampleFileCopy.xls") Then
MsgBox "Success"
End If
End If
ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink (Environ("userprofile") & "\Documents\QueueRecord\" & shipNo & ".xls")
End Sub