use one macro in different excel files

Question

I wrote a macro, which I would like to use in different excel files, which have almost the same table structure but different data.

So is it possible anyhow just to \"in

Answer 1

The simplest, best way to do this is to create a "commander" XLSM which contains the macro but none of the data. All it does is open the specified Excel files and run the macro on them. You can either type/paste in the name of a specific file(s), you can loop through an entire directory, etc. It is very easy to run a macro on a different workbook than the one which actually contains the macro. Something like this below... piece of cake.

Sub MultipleFileMacro()

Dim wb As Excel.Workbook
Dim fso As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim f As Scripting.File

   Set fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
   For Each f In fso.GetFolder("c:\samplefolder").Files
      Set wb = Excel.Workbooks.Open(f)

      MyMacro wb

      wb.Close
   Next f

End Sub
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Sub MyMacro(wb As Excel.Workbook)

   'do something here

End Sub