VBA Macro workbook.open or workbook.activate through variable reference

Question

How do I reference my primary workbook and the second workbook I open through this sub procedure? I attempt to do workbooks.(\"client_path\").activate as my goal wi

Answer 1

dim Wb as workbook

set wb= Workbooks.Open (Client_path).activate

this opens, and activates it all in one line, an sets a variable for later use (wb).

note that refering later to wb will NOT open it again, and NOT activate it again, its just reference to the wb ! (unless you tell him to)

Answer 2

Can you just make references to your workbook earlier?

Dim wb as workbook
Dim wbDirty as workbook

set wb = thisWorkbook
set wbDirty = workbooks.open Client_Path

Then when you define the ranges, Excel knows which workbook they belong to.

Dim rngReconcile as range
Dim rngWatch as range

set rngReconcile = wb.Sheets(1).Range("K:K")
set rngWatch = wbDirty.Sheets("Client DIRTY watchlist").Range("B:B")

Then continue on with your looping code