Change in save type

tabbytomo

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Hiya guys! Looking for a bit of support, I'm looking to change a SaveAs dialogue to simply save with a predetermined file name and file path, but i'm struggling to understand how to change this code to do that.

This simply takes a range(currently only A1:D4), paste it as an image to a chart, then exports the chart object as a JPG. I don't want it to ask me for a file name and file path each time though, I'd love to be able to set that in code instead. Any ideas?

VBA Code:
Sub SelectedRangeToImage()
    Dim tmpChart As Chart, n As Long, shCount As Long, sht As Worksheet, sh As Shape
    Dim fileSaveName As Variant, pic As Variant
    'Create temporary chart as canvas
    Set sht = Selection.Worksheet
    Selection.Copy
    sht.Pictures.Paste.Select
    Set sh = sht.Shapes(sht.Shapes.Count)
    Set tmpChart = Charts.Add
    tmpChart.ChartArea.Clear
    tmpChart.Name = "PicChart" & (Rnd() * 10000)
    Set tmpChart = tmpChart.Location(Where:=xlLocationAsObject, Name:=sht.Name)
    tmpChart.ChartArea.Width = sh.Width
    tmpChart.ChartArea.Height = sh.Height
    tmpChart.Parent.Border.LineStyle = 0
    'Paste range as image to chart
    sh.Copy
    tmpChart.ChartArea.Select
    tmpChart.Paste
    'Save chart image to file
    fileSaveName = Application.FileSave(fileFilter:="Image (*.jpg), *.jpg")
    If fileSaveName <> False Then
      tmpChart.Export Filename:="fileSaveName", FilterName:="jpg"
    End If
    'Clean up
    sht.Cells(1, 1).Activate
    sht.ChartObjects(sht.ChartObjects.Count).Delete
    sh.Delete
End Sub
 

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If you don't want to be prompted, change this:

Code:
    fileSaveName = Application.FileSave(fileFilter:="Image (*.jpg), *.jpg")
    If fileSaveName <> False Then
      tmpChart.Export Filename:="fileSaveName", FilterName:="jpg"
    End If

to this:

Code:
    fileSaveName = "some file path here"
      tmpChart.Export Filename:=fileSaveName, FilterName:="jpg"
 
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Solution
If you don't want to be prompted, change this:

Code:
    fileSaveName = Application.FileSave(fileFilter:="Image (*.jpg), *.jpg")
    If fileSaveName <> False Then
      tmpChart.Export Filename:="fileSaveName", FilterName:="jpg"
    End If

to this:

Code:
    fileSaveName = "some file path here"
      tmpChart.Export Filename:=fileSaveName, FilterName:="jpg"
Crikey, so simple, thank you so much!
 
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