Microsoft KB Archive/213547

= XL2000: Cannot Programmatically Close Referenced Workbook =

Article ID: 213547

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213547





SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro that attempts to close a workbook, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '1004': This workbook is currently referenced by another workbook and cannot be closed.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you set an object variable to a workbook that references another workbook, and then attempt to close the referenced workbook.

You cannot close a workbook while that workbook is referenced by another open workbook or by an object variable that is set to the referenced workbook.

For example, if Book2.xls contains a reference to Book1.xls, then the following macro produces the error when the macro attempts to close Book1.xls:

Sub OpenClose Dim wb1, wb2 'Open the workbooks and set the object variables Set wb1 = Workbooks.Open("Book1.xls") Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open("Book2.xls") 'Close both workbooks wb2.close wb1.close     '  This line produces the error End Sub



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, set the object variable for the workbook that contains the reference to Nothing prior to closing the referenced workbook. By setting the object variable to Nothing, it no longer refers to the workbook. The macro below demonstrates how to set the object variable to Nothing so that the referenced workbook can be closed programmatically:

Sub OpenClose Dim wb1, wb2 'Open the workbooks and set the object variables Set wb1 = Workbooks.Open("Book1.xls") Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open("Book2.xls") 'Close book2 wb2.close 'Set the object variable wb2 to Nothing Set wb2 = Nothing 'Close book1 wb1.close End Sub

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Additional query words: 8.00 XL2000

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