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Posted on by ChandeepChhabra 5

I am trying to close multiple instances of Excel while saving them into a folder.

My Problem - I am not able to make the UI dynamic so that PADesktop closes the currently active excel file.

 

I have tried customizing the UI using a dynamic filename by creating a list but it did not work.

Can someone please help me or point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks

Chandeep

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Inside your loop, put this:

    MichaelAnnis_0-1627675857174.png

    It will get the window title: typically Boo1 - Excel.

    Windowtitle.Trimmed will make it Book1 or Book1.xlsx...not sure, but it works.

    Then, Close Excel saving it to whereever you need calling it whatever you want.  If this is a loop for several workbooks, I am sure you have a variable that you would like to put in the filename.

     

    Good luck.

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