Excel vba macro on open. Following are the vba examples and syntax of vba code to open an excel file. The sample file path above is relatively simple. Similarly worksheetdeactivate event code will run your macro when closing a sheet. Vba open excel file examples to show you use of workbookopen method in excel vba 2003 2007 2010 2013.
Workbookopen and autoopen are two predefined events for excel vba. You may want to open the workbook without triggering anything in some cases either to skip a certain code block for security reasons or for programming purposes. We can open excel workbook using workbooksopen method. Vba code to open an excel file using workbooks.
Sometimes you may need to run a macro automatically on opening excel workbook. You can specify one of the following values in the updatelinks parameter to determine whether external references links are updated when the workbook is opened. Vba code to open an excel file using workbooksopen method. The following macro named openworkbookbasic opens the excel workbook whose name is example vba open workbook.
Run a macro automatically on opening excel workbook solution s. There are 15 optional arguments in the workbooksopen function and to cover all the 15 arguments will take a lot of time. Load form every time workbook opens if you would like to load a form or run some vba code when you open an excel workbook place your code in the thisworkbook code window and in the workbookopen sub. Autorun a macro if you want to autorun a macro when opening a worksheet then you need to type your macro name in the worksheetactivate event and this code will run a macro when opening your excel spreadsheet.
By default macros are enabled when opening files programmatically. Enable the workbook press alt f11 keys to open the microsoft visual basic for applications window. Both events allow you to run a macro right after the workbook is loaded. Use the automationsecurity property to set the macro security mode used when opening files programmatically.
The syntax of this event is this. To run macro as the workbook opens we will use workbook event workbookopen. As mentioned above notice that when specifying the filename you must provide the whole file path name and extension. Double click thisworkbook in project vbaproject pane to open the thisworkbook code window.
Following are the few cases where you are required to run a macro while opening your excel workbook.