SYMPTOMS
When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro in Microsoft Excel, you may receive the following or similar error message:
Run-time error '1004':
Method 'SaveAs' of object '_Worksheet' failed
CAUSE
This behavior can occur when both the following conditions are true:
- You are using a Visual Basic for Applications macro to save a worksheet.
-and- - You specify the file format as the constant xlWorkbookNormal.
For example, the following code causes this error to occur:
Sub A()
Dim myNewSheet As Worksheet
Set myNewSheet = ActiveSheet
FileNameBin = "c:\ABC"
myNewSheet.SaveAs Filename:=FileNameBin, FileFormat:=xlWorkbookNormal
End Sub
WORKAROUND
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To work around this behavior, change the file format specification from the constant
xlWorkbookNormal to
1. The example code functions normally if changed to:
Sub A()
Dim myNewSheet As Worksheet
Set myNewSheet = ActiveSheet
FileNameBin = "c:\ABC"
myNewSheet.SaveAs Filename:=FileNameBin, FileFormat:=1
End Sub
NOTE: Even though you are saving a worksheet, all worksheets in the selected workbook are saved when the file format is set to xlWorkbookNormal or
1.