excel vba projects not closing
Solution 1
try... It works for me in a similar type of program.
'closes data workbook
source_wb.Close False
Solution 2
It seems that the VBE editor is not always visible to the workbook that is being closed.
I included the following code in my ThisWorkbook module which comes from a comment in another thread and this resolved matters.
http://dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/11/google-desktop/
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
On Error Resume Next
' -------------------------------------------------------------
' this code ensures that the VBA project is completely removed
' when the workbook is closed
' http://dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/11/google-desktop/
' -------------------------------------------------------------
If Not (Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible) Then
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = True
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
Solution 3
I recently had this problem: I have a workbook that grabs data from other workbooks that I use as databases. On one of these, I inadvertently placed some code. This caused the workbook to remain visible in VBE even after it had been closed. My solution was to keep my database workbooks free of code, and that solved the problem.
Comments
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elbillaf about 2 years
I'm going through 100s of excel files in VBA, extracting certain data and copying it to a main spreadsheet in a main workbook. I have a VBA script that resides in this main spreadsheet.
I'm trying to get each source workbook to close after I open it and get what I need. It looks something like this:
dim main_wb dim source_wb set main_wb = activeworkbook Loop thru workbook names set source_wb = workbooks.open(a_workbook_name) do some stuff eventually copy a few rows from various sheets into the main wb source_wb.close() set source_wb = Nothing End Loop
The problem is that it SEEMS like the system is continuing to keep the file open in the project explorer ... and eventually it runs out of memory or something. All files work fine individually. It's only when I attempt to process them all at once that I have a problem. The workbook "closes()" but the project still exists in the project explorer in the developer window.
How do I tell it to close out a project. I need to be able to, no BS, close the project and go on to the next one for hundreds and potentially thousands of files - automatically, in code, no intervention from user.
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elbillaf almost 11 yearsCr@p! That seems to have worked! Thanks! Never would have occurred to me that that would make a difference!
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elbillaf almost 11 yearsNope. It worked one time, but failed the second run...maybe that's the thing ... I have to exit out and run again every time. Weird.
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elbillaf almost 11 yearsNot working at all now. Interesting ... it worked one time and not again. So strange.
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elbillaf almost 11 yearsWorking consistently now - in the sense that it doesn't fail, but all those workbooks are still listed in the project browser.
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elbillaf almost 11 yearsWeirdness. I don't know what I did, but after the process runs, the workbooks are no longer listed. That works!
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Mike almost 11 yearswonderful.. i have never had trouble with this but I know sometimes excel is funky for a little bit then starts working again.. glad it is working!
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Jon Peltier over 4 yearsThe problem has resurfaced recently, and following this solution, ensuring that the VBE window is closed when the workbook is closed, helps as often as not following it.