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Workbooks.Add(Object) Method

Definition

Creates a new workbook. The new workbook becomes the active workbook. Returns a Workbook object.

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook Add (object Template);
Public Function Add (Optional Template As Object) As Workbook

Parameters

Template
Object

Optional Object. Determines how the new workbook is created. If this argument is a string specifying the name of an existing Microsoft Excel file, the new workbook is created with the specified file as a template. If this argument is a constant, the new workbook contains a single sheet of the specified type. Can be one of the following XlWBATemplate constants: xlWBATChart, xlWBATExcel4IntlMacroSheet, xlWBATExcel4MacroSheet, or xlWBATWorksheet. If this argument is omitted, Microsoft Excel creates a new workbook with a number of blank sheets (the number of sheets is set by the SheetsInNewWorkbook property).

Returns

Remarks

If the Template argument specifies a file, the file name can include a path.

Applies to