Comments on: Closing a Workbook Without a Prompt

By: JtL

JtL — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Try something like this:

Sub Protect_close_spreadsheets()

Dim ws As Worksheet

For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
ws.Protect Password:="pswd", DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
Next

ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=True

End Sub

By: candice

candice — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:21:00 +0000

I have jus started learning vba programming, and I had been trying to do this:
I want to protect all the sheets in a workbook when I close the workbook. How can I do that?

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:00 +0000

Is there a way to stop the prompt from appearing when the spreadsheet is opened in Internet Explorer?

The examples above only seem to work when the spreadsheet is opened in Excel.

By: Varatharajan

Varatharajan — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:04:00 +0000

Dear Sir,
I am Using Excel File in VB.
I closed the Excel File before that i Saved the Excel.
I Could not open the Excel file Until i come out from the VB Application.

xlWorkbook.saveas (Path)
xlWorkbook.close
set xlWorkbook=nothing
set xlApplication=Nothing

Regards,
Varatharajan.R

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:50:00 +0000

Here's the syntax you need:

Workbooks("bookname.xls").Close

You don't need the path. If you have set a variable to the workbook, you can use the variable:

wbWorkbook.Close

- Jon

By: JD

JD — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:57:00 +0000

What if I want to close a workbook that I’m not working in? For example, I’m opening a workbook, copying some values, and then I want it to close without doing anything but running a macro. I tried a “workbook.close (sPath & workbook.xls)” but no such luck…. any ideas?!?

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:11:00 +0000

In Excel 2000 SP3 we have run accross a situation where we cannot set the Saved property to True. We have a COM add-in and after stepping through the code we discovered that the Saved property is still False right after the line the sets it to True is exectued. This is occuring in the OnBeforeClose event handler. Has anyone experienced this or have any recommendations on how to handle this?

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:37:00 +0000

Joseph: If the workbook is unsaved, you need to use the SaveAs method

ThisWorkbook.SaveAs "C:Mybook.xls"

to save it before you Close.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:12:00 +0000

if i’m using method 3, how do i set the workbook name before i closed it.

By: Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:35:00 +0000

Mark, you can use method 3 for that too, just read Dick's comments again... just change the SaveChanges parameter to False, like this:

ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False