Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Automating Copying Macros.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 5, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
Sreekanth asked if there is a way to automate the copying of macros from one workbook to another. It seems that Sreekanth has to create a new "distribution" workbook each month that contains a PivotTable that analyzes data, and the workbook needs to contain certain macros.
Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to create a new Excel template that contains only the macros you want to distribute. Then, you can use that template as a basis for your distribution workbook. Simply copy your PivotTable to the workbook, and it will be ready to distribute, as needed.
You could also, if desired, created an Excel add-in that contains the macros you want. (How you create add-ins is discussed in other ExcelTips.) You could then send the add-in to all recipeints of your distribution workbook and ask them to install the add-ins on their system.
If you would rather not use a template or mess with an add-in, then you can create a macro that will copy macro procedures from one workbook to another. Such a macro can get rather involved, and would take some testing. A good place to start in developing such a macro is a great online resource located at this Web page:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/vbe.aspx
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2022-08-09 11:24:22
John M
Sreekanth could also use the VBE_Extras tool (an AddIn for the Visual Basic Editor) to automatically replace all Modules, and so all VBA code and UserForm designs, in one workbook with that from another. VBE_Extras is available via https://www.thevbahelp.com/vbe-extras and you can read more about the ‘Replace all Modules’ function in the guide at https://www.thevbahelp.com/vbe-extras-help (disclosure: I am the creator of VBE_Extras which comes with a free trial period but otherwise requires a paid-for license; the ‘Replace all Modules’ function is relatively new to VBE_Extras and so is considered to be in ‘beta release’ at this time; VBE_Extras is in no way associated with or approved by Allen Wyatt or ExcelTips)
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