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by Radioaktivitat
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: Macro Library
Topic: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Re: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving

I seem to have figured it out! Thank you for your help! My issue with wildcard was that If fn = FilenameExisting doesn't work with wildcards because it's looking for an exactly identical value. What fixed it was If fn Like FilenameExisting Here's the working code. Still plenty of testing to be done ...
by Radioaktivitat
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: Macro Library
Topic: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Re: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving

Here's where I'm at now. My issue is the wildcards I think. Because files have a date after the name and I don't want to check every possible combination I'm trying to implement a wildcard system after the base name. It also doesn't move the "old" existing file from pdf to archive. Either ...
by Radioaktivitat
Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: Macro Library
Topic: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Re: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving

Not a solution but just an idea. The save as command queries the existing same name and opens a window to save it to a different location if it exists. Maybe. Might be worth exploring but since the "new" file would have a different name (New date & [possibly but not necessarily with i...
by Radioaktivitat
Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: Macro Library
Topic: Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

Trying to make a macro to archive old versions if they exist before saving

Hi y'all, I'm trying to add a new function to a macro we're currently using at work. Currently, if used on a drawing, it takes information on a Userform (Revision, Date, etc.) and creates a filename with it then saves it as a PDF in a subfolder named "PDF". What I'm trying to accomplish is...