XL2000: SaveAs Method for Worksheet Object Doesn't Save Single Ply

The "SaveAs Method" topic in the Visual Basic Help file indicates that you can use the SaveAs method with a Worksheet object to save a single worksheet in the workbook as an individual file. However, if you use the following syntax where <Worksheet> is the name of the worksheet you want to save, and <Path> is the path and name for the file you are saving, the entire workbook may be saved instead of the worksheet indicated by <Worksheet>.

This behavior occurs when you fail to specify a file format that saves only a single worksheet in the FileFormat argument for the SaveAs method.

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For example, to save Sheet2 in the active workbook in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 worksheet format, to a file called Test.xls in the current directory, use the following code: NOTE: If the preceding code is in the same workbook as the worksheet you are saving, you must close the workbook and then open Test.xls after you run the macro. Test.xls will be a single sheet workbook.

If you use the SaveAs method with the Workbook object, Microsoft Excel saves the active worksheet in the workbook when you specify a single-sheet file format. For example, the following code saves the active worksheet in the active workbook as a single file called MyFile.xls, in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 file format: Examples of multisheet file formats include Microsoft Excel Workbook and Lotus 1-2-3 (*.wk3). When you use the SaveAs method and specify a multisheet file format (or omit the FileFormat argument), all the worksheets in the workbook are saved in the file. If you omit the FileFormat argument, the default file format is the Microsoft Excel Workbook format.