Excel VBA Code - How to call certain actions to files created - excel

I am writing a piece of code in Excel VBA in which I needed to create a macro which allows the user to click the ActiveX button as a result of which the file is then saved to a specified location. Once this new file is created, I wanted to code so the new file (which successfully saves in the alternate specified location) does not have the ActiveX Command Button is not present. Also, once the button is clicked from the original file, I wanted to somehow make the master file close and the newly saved file to automatically open. Please can someone help?
Code so far:
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
ActiveSheet.Copy
Dim SaveName As String
SaveName = ActiveSheet.Range("C1").Text
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs "File path Specified" & _
SaveName & ".xls"
.Close 0
End With
End Sub

My first solution (depending on what you really need to do) is the following:
Firstly you will need this:
Me.SaveCopyAs "<full_Path>"
See more on this here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff835014.aspx
This will create a copy of the file to the specified path with whatever name you want. Before you do that, you could hide your button and then use save as copy to save it with the button hidden.
Finally if you want to close the original and open the copy then you have to give to the copy a different name. Then open the new file and close the original.
Your code should look similar to this:
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
ActiveSheet.Copy
Dim SaveName As String
SaveName = ActiveSheet.Range("C1").Text
With ActiveWorkbook
.Worksheets("<your_worksheet>").CommandButton1.visible = False
.SaveCopyAs "File path Specified" & SaveName & ".xls"
End With
Workbooks.Open ("File path Specified" & SaveName & ".xls")
Workbooks("<Original_name.xlsm>").close False
End Sub
Another Solution could be saving the workbook with SaveAs. Before that save the orginal. Hide the button. And saveas will close the original and open the new one automatically.
Your code should look something like that:
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
ActiveSheet.Copy
Dim SaveName As String
SaveName = ActiveSheet.Range("C1").Text
With ActiveWorkbook
.Save
.Worksheets("<your_worksheet>").CommandButton1.visible = False
.SaveAs "File path Specified" & SaveName & ".xls"
End With
End Sub

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All this works fine so far.
However, after the file is created I want to close the original Excel file.
The exact same way I would do it if I have three Excel files open and then I close one of them.
Therefore, I tried to go with this formula:
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Now, the issue is that the workbook is closed but Excel somehow remains open:
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b) Other workbooks in Excel remain open.
c) Excel does not stay open as seen in the screenshot.
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I can't get my macro running in AfterSave or BeforeClose event.
I export one sheet to a .csv file, that's already working well with the next code when I link this macro to a button:
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The code above is in a module. As I said, when linked to a button and press that button, it works very well.
But I want it running when the user saved the file.
Fot this, I put the next code in ThisWorkbook:
Private Sub Workbook_AfterSave(ByVal Success As Boolean)
If Success = True Then
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End If
End Sub
I tried various things, like putting the code of the macro inside the AfterSave-event, and disable/enable Application.EnableEvents before and after calling CopyToCSV but nothing works for me...
Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm out of mind, and every topic I find on Google say to put the code in ThisWorkbook, but already done that.
Just typing the code somewhere does not make it an event handler.
You must enter "ThisWorkbook", look at the top bar, select "ThisWorkbook" and the desired event.
Excel will then automatically create the empty Sub for you, associated with the event. You insert your code inside that Sub.
More details: https://www.excelcampus.com/vba/code-modules-event-procedures/
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'
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'
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Greatly appreciate anyone who could assist me. Thanks.
I wish I could give a definitive answer, or Microsoft would contribute.
I have similar connected problems. It seems that another version of the file may be or "appear to be" open elsewhere, thus preventing excel/Onedrive from completing the save action.
Rather than overwrite it(lets face t, that was the command) it creates a "version" filename(1).
I am guessing this is the same as when you do it manually and you are asked to resolve a conflict.
So far I have failed to find out how you can discover and solve the problem in code.
I solved it in one instance by mapping a drive on the offending desktop and first closing any open versions before save, but that is not a robust long term solution.
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"On error got catch" after the last dimension line then
"exit function
catch:
msgbox err.description"
before "end sub"

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