XL2000: Using Saved Property to Determine If Workbook Has Changed

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SUMMARY

You can determine if changes have been made to a workbook by checking the Saved property of the workbook. The Saved property returns a True or False value depending on whether changes have been made to the workbook. Note that it is possible to set the Saved property to True or False. The "More Information" section of this article contains sample macros that demonstrate the use of the Saved property.

MORE INFORMATION

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Example 1: Macro to Display Message If Active Workbook Has Unsaved Changes

Sub TestForUnsavedChanges()
    If ActiveWorkbook.Saved = False Then
        MsgBox "This workbook contains unsaved changes."
    End If
End Sub 

Example 2: Macro to Close Workbook and Discard Changes

Sub CloseWithoutChanges()
    ThisWorkbook.Saved = True
    ThisWorkbook.Close
End Sub 

Example 3: Another Macro to Close Workbook and Discard Changes

Sub CloseWithoutChanges()
    ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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