Microsoft KB Archive/213461

= XL2000: Cannot Trap No or Cancel in "Replace Existing" Dialog Box =

Article ID: 213461

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213461





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you use the SaveAs method of the Workbook object to save a file, and you save the file with the same name and location as an existing file, you cannot determine whether the No or the Cancel button is chosen in the Replace Existing dialog box that appears when you save the file.



CAUSE
When you use the SaveAs method of the Workbook object to save a file, and the file already exists, the No and the Cancel buttons in the Replace Existing dialog box can cause one of the following messages to appear:

Run-time error '1004':

SaveAs method of Workbook class failed.

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1004

Because of this behavior, you cannot trap this error, and you cannot determine in your macro whether the Cancel button was chosen, or the No button was chosen.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this issue, use the Dir function to determine whether the file exists, and then use the MsgBox function to trap the response concerning whether to replace the existing file. The following macro is an example of this method: Sub Save_File ' Dimension variables. Dim FileToSave, ExistFile, Msg As String Msg = "File already exists. Replace existing file?" ' Define name and directory in which to save active workbook. FileToSave = "C:\Test.xls" ' Check for existing file. ExistFile = Dir(FileToSave) If ExistFile <> "" Then If MsgBox(Msg, vbExclamation + vbOKCancel) = vbOK Then ' OK chosen, replace following line with desired code. MsgBox "Replace existing file" Else ' No chosen, replace following line with the code that you want. MsgBox "Cancel save" End If  ' If file does not exist, save file. Else ThisWorkbook.SaveAs ("C:\Test.xls") End If End Sub

