How to use VBA SaveAs without closing calling workbook?

Question

I want to:

• Do data manipulation using a Template workbook
• Save a copy of this work book as .xlsx (SaveCopyAs doesn\'t let you change filetypes, otherw

Answer 1

I did something similar to what Siddharth suggested and wrote a function to do it as well as handle some of the annoyances and offer some more flexibility.

Sub saveExample()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    mySaveCopyAs ThisWorkbook, "C:\Temp\testfile2", xlOpenXMLWorkbook

    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Private Function mySaveCopyAs(pWorkbookToBeSaved As Workbook, pNewFileName As String, pFileFormat As XlFileFormat) As Boolean

    'returns false on errors
    On Error GoTo errHandler



     If pFileFormat = xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled Then
        'no macros can be saved on this
        mySaveCopyAs = False
        Exit Function
    End If

    'create new workbook
    Dim mSaveWorkbook As Workbook
    Set mSaveWorkbook = Workbooks.Add

    Dim initialSheets As Integer
    initialSheets = mSaveWorkbook.Sheets.Count


    'note: sheet names will be 'Sheet1 (2)' in copy otherwise if
    'they are not renamed
    Dim sheetNames() As String
    Dim activeSheetIndex As Integer
    activeSheetIndex = pWorkbookToBeSaved.ActiveSheet.Index

    Dim i As Integer
    'copy each sheet
    For i = 1 To pWorkbookToBeSaved.Sheets.Count
        pWorkbookToBeSaved.Sheets(i).Copy After:=mSaveWorkbook.Sheets(mSaveWorkbook.Sheets.Count)
        ReDim Preserve sheetNames(1 To i) As String
        sheetNames(i) = pWorkbookToBeSaved.Sheets(i).Name
    Next i

    'clear sheets from new workbook
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    For i = 1 To initialSheets
        mSaveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Delete
    Next i

    'rename stuff
    For i = 1 To UBound(sheetNames)
        mSaveWorkbook.Sheets(i).Name = sheetNames(i)
    Next i

    'reset view
    mSaveWorkbook.Sheets(activeSheetIndex).Activate

    'save and close
    mSaveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:=pNewFileName, FileFormat:=pFileFormat, CreateBackup:=False
    mSaveWorkbook.Close
    mySaveCopyAs = True

    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    Exit Function

errHandler:
    'whatever else you want to do with error handling
    mySaveCopyAs = False
    Exit Function


End Function