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I'm trying to save a variable in excel. I want this variable to stay even if I close excel.
I want to use :
Sub AddCustomDocumentProperties()
ActiveDocument.CustomDocumentProperties.Add Name:="YourName", LinkToContent:=False, Value:="Joe", Type:=msoPropertyTypeString
End Sub
To save this variable in a document's propriety. However, when I launch this program it says the variable "ActiveDocument" does not exist.
How to solve this problem? Or is it possible to save a variable differently.
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Answer accepted by question author
For example:
Dim MyVar As String
MyVar = ActiveWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties("YourName")
Answer accepted by question author
ActiveDocument is for Microsoft Word. The equivalent for Microsoft Excel is ActiveWorkbook. So use
ActiveWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Add Name:="YourName", LinkToContent:=False, Value:="Joe", Type:=msoPropertyTypeString
It doesn't work. It says invalid argument or procedure
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It works!
How can I set a variable as this property's value now?