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Yup <br />
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Go to Edit - Links... Startup Prompt...<br />
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Choose from the options.
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Merch Ops: &nbsp;I am so gald to hear that there is an answer, however how do i stop it from happeing before i open the file in excel vb. When i run the code below to open the file I need to shut off the updatelinks for that before it opens. How do i do that? I would like to shut it off as a whole for any workbook that will be opened using code.<br />
Application.UpdateLinks = xlUpdateLinksNever<br />
did not work.... Thanks for the help<br />
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Workbooks.Open Filename:=Values.Range(&quot;I&quot;<wbr /> &amp;&nbsp;F + 4).Text
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You could open the workbook with the update links statement, as per the below code:<br />
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-125043"><span>Sub openwkb()</span>
<span> </span>
<span>    Dim xlapp As Excel.Application</span>
<span>    Dim xlwkb As Excel.Workbook</span>
<span>    </span>
<span>    Set xlapp = New Excel.Application</span>
<span>    Set xlwkb = xlapp.Workbooks.Open(&quot;C:\Test.xls&quot;)</span>
<span> </span>
<span>    'opens the workbook by triggering xlwkb, also setting the updatelinks property</span>
<span>    xlwkb.UpdateLinks = xlUpdateLinksNever     </span>
<span> </span>
<span>    xlapp.Visible = True</span>
<span>    </span>
<span>    Set xlapp = Nothing</span>
<span>    Set xlwkb = Nothing</span>
<span>    </span>
<span>End Sub</span>
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When i am entering the workbook open command (not like you illustrated above) it give me the option of uusing an updatelinks command. How do I enter this in.... I think this is the missing key! :)<br />
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Yup - that'll do it...<br />
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if I'm reading your code right you can change your open statement to:<br />
Workbooks.Open ( Values.Range(&quot;I&quot; &amp;&nbsp;F + 4).Text, xlUpdateLinksNever )<br />
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or to be sure:<br />
Workbooks.Open ( Filename:=Values.Range(&quot;I&quot;<wbr /> &amp;&nbsp;F + 4).Text, UpdateLinks:=xlUpdateLinks<wbr />Never )
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When i try both of those options i get the following error:<br />
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That still asked me if i wanted to update or not.... AHHHHHHHH.... how do i fix it... (it didn't error though)
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Wierd, worked on mine - glad you figured it out!
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I have a code that runs and in it's process it has to open and work with certain files. However, some of them have links to other workbooks. Is there any command I can put in my code to not allow this workbook to stop the code and make the user answer whether to update or not update. I DO NOT WANT TO UPDATE! Also Applicaiton.screenupdating<wbr /> = false does not work nor does Application.displayalerts = false or the command that disables the keyboard and mouse. PLEASE DON'T suggest any of those as solutions. I greatly appreciate your help on tackling this issue. Thanks a ton...<br />
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I have a code that runs and in it's process it has to open and work with certain files. However, some of them have links to other workbooks. Is there any command I can put in my code to not allow this workbook to stop the code and make the user answer whether to update or not update. I DO NOT WANT TO UPDATE! Also Applicaiton.screenupdating = false does not work nor does Application.displayalerts = false or the command that disables the keyboard and mouse. PLEASE DON'T suggest any of those as solutions. I greatly appreciate your help on tackling this issue. Thanks a ton...



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