Copying Data to another workbook - excel

Question

I use two workbooks (obviously based on the question:)), from the first one (as you will see in the code below) gets sorted by the data in column "B". The data in this column is just a number based on the month (11=November, December=12, etc.). For this question (and it will provide the answer for my other monthly workbooks), need to copy all the rows of data (columns A:AE) in column B to another workbook (which is already open), and paste the data into the empty row at the bottom. I have the sort part working fine. I am trying to add in the copy & paste function into the code, but can't get it to work. HELP!
Here is the code I have tried (but can't figure out how to get focus to the target workbook):
Sub Extract_Sort_1512_December()
' This line renames the worksheet to "Extract"
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ActiveSheet.Name = "Extract"
' This line autofits the columns C, D, O, and P
Range("C:C,D:D,O:O,P:P").Columns.AutoFit
' This unhides any hidden rows
Cells.EntireRow.Hidden = False
Dim LR As Long
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Extract").Sort
With .SortFields
.Clear
.Add Key:=Range("B2:B2000"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
End With
.SetRange Range("A2:Z2000")
.Apply
End With
For LR = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row To 2 Step -1
If Range("B" & LR).Value <> "12" Then
Rows(LR).EntireRow.Hidden = True
End If
Next LR
Cells.WrapText = False
Sheets("Extract").Range("A2").Select
Dim LastRow As Integer, i As Integer, erow As Integer
LastRow = ActiveSheet.Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To LastRow
If Cells(i, 2) = “12” Then
Range(Cells(i, 1), Cells(i, 31)).Select
Selection.Copy
ActiveWorkbook(“Master File - Swivel - December 2015.xlsm”).Select
Worksheets(“Master”).Select
erow = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Row
ActiveSheet.Cells(erow, 1).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I have found this code below, but do not know how to insert it properly into my code above. The thing that makes me weary is that the workbooks are already open. The target workbook is located on our SharePoint site and I do not know how (or if) you can use VBA code to open it to your desktop.
Here is the other code:
Sub Demo()
Dim wbSource As Workbook
Dim wbTarget As Workbook
' First open both workbooks :
Set wbSource = Workbooks.Open(" ") ' <<< path to source workbook
Set wbTarget = ActiveWorkbook ' Workbooks.Open(" ") ' <<< path to destination workbook
'Now, transfer values from wbSource to wbTarget:
wbTarget.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B2").Value = wbSource.Sheets("Sheet3").Range("H4")
wbTarget.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B3").Value = wbSource.Sheets("Sheet3").Range("J10")
'Close source:
wbSource.Close
End Sub

Answer 1

I have modified your code slightly, but kept most of it as is.
I think the problem was related to the way in which you were trying to activate the workbook where the data was to be pasted. Normally the Activate command is used with workbooks, as opposed to Select. However, I bypassed the whole activation of the new workbook, because it would require you to then "re-activate" the original workbook before copying the next line. Otherwise you would be copying from the active workbook, which would now be the one to be pasted into. Please see the code - it should be fairly straightforward.
Sub Extract_Sort_1512_December()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
' This line renames the worksheet to "Extract"
ActiveSheet.Name = "Extract"
' This line autofits the columns C, D, O, and P
Range("C:C,D:D,O:O,P:P").Columns.AutoFit
' This unhides any hidden rows
Cells.EntireRow.Hidden = False
Dim LR As Long
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Extract").Sort
With .SortFields
.Clear
.Add Key:=Range("B2:B2000"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
End With
.SetRange Range("A2:Z2000")
.Apply
End With
For LR = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row To 2 Step -1
If Not Range("B" & LR).Value = "12" Then
Rows(LR).EntireRow.Hidden = True
End If
Next LR
Cells.WrapText = False
Sheets("Extract").Range("A2").Select
Dim LastRow As Integer, i As Integer, erow As Integer
LastRow = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To LastRow
If Cells(i, 2) = "12" Then
' As opposed to selecting the cells, I just copy them directly
Range(Cells(i, 1), Cells(i, 31)).Copy
' As opposed to "Activating" the workbook, and selecting the sheet, I just paste the cells directly
With Workbooks("Master File - Swivel - December 2015.xlsm").Sheets("Master")
erow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Row
.Cells(erow, 1).PasteSpecial xlPasteAll
End With
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub