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  1. Feb 6th, 2004, 06:21 AM #1
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    call form from another workbook

    Hi, can anyone help a struggling novice please?

    I want to call a form (frmDetails) in one workbook (Book1.xls) from another workbook (Book2.xls) but am struggling. I've done it from within the same workbook no problem.

    Any suggestions please.
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  2. Feb 6th, 2004, 07:21 AM #2
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    try replacing this: frmDetails

    with this: WorkBooks("Book1").frmDetails
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    Thanks for your suggestion si_the_geek.

    However I get an error message 438 'Object doesn't support this property or method'. I can't work out why!
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    ah ok, it isnt specifically a "child" of the workbook, you need to go thru the VB project too. I cant test it right now, but I think this (or something very similar) will work:

    WorkBooks("Book1").VBProject.VBComponents.Item("frmDetails").Show
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  6. Feb 6th, 2004, 08:28 AM #5
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    Gave it a try, after getting a 1004 run time error (Method 'VBProject' of object '_Workbook' failed) I ticked the box for 'Trust access to Visual basic project' in Tools, Macro, Security and then I got the same error message as before (No.438).

    If you get time to test it out it would be much appriciated, no rush though, just glad of some help.

    Thanks
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