XL2000: Cannot Trap No or Cancel in "Replace Existing" Dialog Box (213461)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q213461

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, if you use the SaveAs method of the Workbook object to save a file, and you save the file with the same name and location as an existing file, you cannot determine whether the No or the Cancel button is chosen in the Replace Existing dialog box that appears when you save the file.

CAUSE

When you use the SaveAs method of the Workbook object to save a file, and the file already exists, the No and the Cancel buttons in the Replace Existing dialog box can cause one of the following messages to appear:
Run-time error '1004':
SaveAs method of Workbook class failed.

-or-

1004
Because of this behavior, you cannot trap this error, and you cannot determine in your macro whether the Cancel button was chosen, or the No button was chosen.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this issue, use the Dir function to determine whether the file exists, and then use the MsgBox function to trap the response concerning whether to replace the existing file. The following macro is an example of this method: 
Sub Save_File()
   ' Dimension variables.
   Dim FileToSave, ExistFile, Msg As String
   Msg = "File already exists. Replace existing file?"
   ' Define name and directory in which to save active workbook.
   FileToSave = "C:\Test.xls"
   ' Check for existing file.
   ExistFile = Dir(FileToSave)
   If ExistFile <> "" Then
      If MsgBox(Msg, vbExclamation + vbOKCancel) = vbOK Then
         ' OK chosen, replace following line with desired code.
         MsgBox "Replace existing file"
      Else
         ' No chosen, replace following line with the code that you want.
         MsgBox "Cancel save"
      End If
   ' If file does not exist, save file.
   Else
      ThisWorkbook.SaveAs ("C:\Test.xls")
   End If
End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Dir function, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type dir function in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For more information about the SaveAs method, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type saveas in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/27/2003
Keywords:kbpending kbprb kbProgramming KB213461
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