XL: Changing from One Drive to Another Recorded Incorrectly

 Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q119489
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are recording a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro and you choose Open or Save As from the File menu and change the active drive, the macro recorder may incorrectly record the drive change as a directory change. When the macro is replayed, it produces an error message: 

   Run-time error '1004':
   Cannot find '<filename>':

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must edit the macro. Select the module sheet in which the macro was recorded and change the following macro code 

   ChDir "<drive letter>:\"
to: 

   ChDrive "<drive letter>:\"
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STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about the ChDrive and ChDir statements, choose the Search button in Visual Basic Help and type: 

   chdrive
or: 

   chdir

KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00c 7.00 switch network floppy path



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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