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What's the error you are getting ? Why you need a link ? why don't you the paste the values ? Is there a benefit pasting as link over values ?
That's the weird thing - I was getting an error message at the very end of my code where I called the format_all_summary_page - because it hadn't retrieved any data from the files in the folder I chose! Argh!
I was recommended to check out this Ron de Bruin code (link below) and I was able to modify it a bit for my purposes. But being a nube at this, I'm not sure how/where to change the code so that instead of pasting the data as values, it will paste special - paste link (I need links because users may be changing data in the original workbooks and I need to make sure that it's also changed in the master summary workbook.)
Also, Ron de Bruin's code creates a new workbook as the "master" workbook where it pastes everything - but I already have my "master" workbook where I want it to paste. This workbook will be open and the code will be assigned to a button for the user to click. The name of my workbook will be "MASTER BUDGET SUMMARY" and the sheet it should paste the links into will be "Sheet1". Any idea how I could change the code to paste into my existing workbook instead of creating a new one? I'm really having a hard time deciphering this one!
Here's the link to Ron de Bruin's code: Merge data from all workbooks in a folder
Here's my edited code from Ron de Bruin (not including the basic codes in used to get the file names, find last cell, etc.):
Code:
Option Explicit
'The example macro below you can use to merge a fixed range or
'all cells from one or all worksheets from each workbook in a folder
'First we call the Function "Get_File_Names" to fill a array with all file names
'There are three arguments in this Function that we can change
'With the macro below you can browse to the folder instead of enter in in the code
'2) Subfolders = True if you want to include subfolders
'3) ExtStr = file extension of the files you want to merge
' ExtStr examples are: "*.xls" , "*.csv" , "*.xlsx"
' "*.xlsm" ,"*.xlsb" , for all Excel file formats use "*.xl*"
' Do not change myReturnedFiles:=myFiles
'Then if there are files in the folder we call the macro "Get_Data"
'There are six arguments in this macro that we can change
'1) FileNameInA = True to add the path/file name in the A column
'2) PasteAsValues = True to paste as values (recommend)
'3) SourceShName = sheet name, if "" it will use the SourceShIndex and if "all" it copy from all worksheets
'4) SourceShIndex = to avoid problems with different sheet names use the index (1 is the first worksheet)
'5) SourceRng = Range you want to copy. Tip: "A:F" will copy all cells with data in this six columns
'6) StartCell = Enter the first cell and the macro will copy from that cell till the last cell on the worksheet
' If StartCell = "" then it use the SourceRng
' Do not change myReturnedFiles:=myFiles
'The example below will merge THE DATA FROM THE TABLE NAMED "SUMMARY" from the THIRD worksheet of each file
Sub RDB_Merge_Data_Browse()
Dim myFiles As Variant
Dim myCountOfFiles As Long
Dim oApp As Object
Dim oFolder As Variant
Set oApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
'Browse to the folder
Set oFolder = oApp.BrowseForFolder(0, "Select folder", 512)
If Not oFolder Is Nothing Then
myCountOfFiles = Get_File_Names( _
MyPath:=oFolder.Self.Path, _
Subfolders:=False, _
ExtStr:="*.xl*", _
myReturnedFiles:=myFiles)
If myCountOfFiles = 0 Then
MsgBox "No files that match the ExtStr in this folder"
Exit Sub
End If
Get_Data _
FileNameInA:=False, _
PasteLink:=True, _
SourceShName:="SUBMITTED BUDGET SUMMARY", _
SourceShIndex:=3, _
SourceRng:="SUMMARY", _
StartCell:="", _
myReturnedFiles:=myFiles
End If
End Sub
' Note: You not have to change the macro below, you only
' edit and run the RDB_Merge_Data above.
Sub Get_Data(FileNameInA As Boolean, PasteLink As Boolean, SourceShName As String, _
SourceShIndex As Integer, SourceRng As String, StartCell As String, myReturnedFiles As Variant)
Dim SourceRcount As Long
Dim SourceRange As Range, destrange As Range
Dim mybook As Workbook, BaseWks As Worksheet
Dim rnum As Long, CalcMode As Long
Dim SourceSh As Variant
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim I As Long
'Change ScreenUpdating, Calculation and EnableEvents
With Application
CalcMode = .Calculation
.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
.ScreenUpdating = False
.EnableEvents = False
.DisplayAlerts = False
End With
'Add a new workbook with one sheet named "Combine Sheet"
' come back later and see if I can change this to my template workbook with Set BaseWks = Activeworkbook.Activeworksheets(Sheet1)
Set BaseWks = Workbooks.Add(xlWBATWorksheet).Worksheets(1)
BaseWks.Name = "Combine Sheet"
'Set start row for the Data
rnum = 1
'Check if we use a named sheet or the index
If SourceShName = "" Then
SourceSh = SourceShIndex
Else
SourceSh = SourceShName
End If
'Loop through all files in the array(myFiles)
For I = LBound(myReturnedFiles) To UBound(myReturnedFiles)
Set mybook = Nothing
On Error Resume Next
Set mybook = Workbooks.Open(myReturnedFiles(I))
On Error GoTo 0
If Not mybook Is Nothing Then
If LCase(SourceShName) <> "all" Then
'Set SourceRange and check if it is a valid range
On Error Resume Next
If StartCell <> "" Then
With mybook.Sheets(SourceSh)
Set SourceRange = .Range(StartCell & ":" & RDB_Last(3, .Cells))
'Test if the row of the last cell >= then the row of the StartCell
If RDB_Last(1, .Cells) < .Range(StartCell).Row Then
Set SourceRange = Nothing
End If
End With
Else
With mybook.Sheets(SourceSh)
Set SourceRange = Application.Intersect(.UsedRange, .Range(SourceRng))
End With
End If
If Err.Number > 0 Then
Err.Clear
Set SourceRange = Nothing
Else
'if SourceRange use all columns then skip this file
If SourceRange.Columns.Count >= BaseWks.Columns.Count Then
Set SourceRange = Nothing
End If
End If
On Error GoTo 0
If Not SourceRange Is Nothing Then
'Check if there enough rows to paste the data
SourceRcount = SourceRange.Rows.Count
If rnum + SourceRcount >= BaseWks.Rows.Count Then
MsgBox "Sorry there are not enough rows in the sheet to paste"
mybook.Close savechanges:=False
BaseWks.Parent.Close savechanges:=False
GoTo ExitTheSub
End If
'Set the destination cell
If FileNameInA = True Then
Set destrange = BaseWks.Range("B" & rnum)
With SourceRange
BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "A"). _
Resize(.Rows.Count).Value = myReturnedFiles(I)
End With
Else
Set destrange = BaseWks.Range("A" & rnum)
End If
'Copy/paste the data
If PasteLink = True Then
With SourceRange
Set destrange = destrange. _
Resize(.Rows.Count, .Columns.Count)
End With
destrange.Value = SourceRange.Value
Else
SourceRange.Copy destrange
End If
rnum = rnum + SourceRcount
End If
'Close the workbook without saving
mybook.Close savechanges:=False
Else
'Loop through all sheets in mybook
For Each sh In mybook.Worksheets
'Set SourceRange and check if it is a valid range
On Error Resume Next
If StartCell <> "" Then
With sh
Set SourceRange = .Range(StartCell & ":" & RDB_Last(3, .Cells))
If RDB_Last(1, .Cells) < .Range(StartCell).Row Then
Set SourceRange = Nothing
End If
End With
Else
With sh
Set SourceRange = Application.Intersect(.UsedRange, .Range(SourceRng))
End With
End If
If Err.Number > 0 Then
Err.Clear
Set SourceRange = Nothing
Else
'if SourceRange use almost all columns then skip this file
If SourceRange.Columns.Count > BaseWks.Columns.Count - 2 Then
Set SourceRange = Nothing
End If
End If
On Error GoTo 0
If Not SourceRange Is Nothing Then
'Check if there enough rows to paste the data
SourceRcount = SourceRange.Rows.Count
If rnum + SourceRcount >= BaseWks.Rows.Count Then
MsgBox "Sorry there are not enough rows in the sheet to paste"
mybook.Close savechanges:=False
BaseWks.Parent.Close savechanges:=False
GoTo ExitTheSub
End If
'Set the destination cell
If FileNameInA = True Then
Set destrange = BaseWks.Range("C" & rnum)
With SourceRange
BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "A"). _
Resize(.Rows.Count).Value = myReturnedFiles(I)
BaseWks.Cells(rnum, "B"). _
Resize(.Rows.Count).Value = sh.Name
End With
Else
Set destrange = BaseWks.Range("A" & rnum)
End If
'Copy/paste the data
If PasteLink = True Then
With SourceRange
Set destrange = destrange. _
Resize(.Rows.Count, .Columns.Count)
End With
destrange.Link = SourceRange.Value
Else
SourceRange.Copy destrange
End If
rnum = rnum + SourceRcount
End If
Next sh
'Close the workbook without saving
mybook.Close savechanges:=False
End If
End If
'Open the next workbook
Next I
'Set the column width in the new workbook
BaseWks.Columns.AutoFit
ExitTheSub:
'Restore ScreenUpdating, Calculation and EnableEvents
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = True
.EnableEvents = True
.Calculation = CalcMode
.DisplayAlerts = False
End With
End Sub
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