[RESOLVED] Copy & Paste between Workbooks

[Torc]

I have a Master spreadsheet which loads up data from various sources and
saves itself under a new name with the current date, i.e. Master20060712.xls

The user can then work on the spreadsheet with the new name and add
comments, etc in certain columns.

I have been trying to copy some columns of data from the new spreadsheet
to the original, I started out by using the Record Macro and got the following
code.

Workbooks.Open Filename:= ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & MasterWBK
    Windows("Master20060712").Activate
    Columns("I:Q").Select
    Selection.Copy
    Windows("Master.xls").Activate
    Range("I1").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste

I adapted it as follows :-

' Declared Elsewhere
Const MasterWBK = "Master.xls"
 
' Placed in the Workbook_BeforeClose Sub
    If ThisWorkbook.Name <> MasterWBK Then ' Dont do this if I am working in the Original File
        Workbooks.Open Filename:= ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & MasterWBK
        ThisWorkbook.Activate
        Columns("I:Q").Select
        Selection.Copy
        Workbooks(MasterWBK).Activate
        Range("I1").Select
        ActiveSheet.Paste
        Workbooks(MasterWBK).Close SaveChanges:=True
    End If

For some reason when I run this, although it seems to work it does save
the pasted data.

Can anyone offer any advice as to why this is not working properly.

I have since changed to using the following simplistic code , but would like to know why the above did not work.

Row = 1
Do
    Col = 9
    Do
      Workbooks(MasterWBK).ActiveSheet.Cells(Row,Col).Value = ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(Row,Col).Value
      Col = Col + 1
      If ExitConditions Then
         Exit Do
     End If
    Loop
    Row = Row + 1
    If  ExitCondition Then
        Exit Do
    End If
Loop