Command Button/Form button Fails To Invoke Macro but Step execution works

Black Mamba

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Dear all,

I have written some code to save an excel sheet as a pdf (WIN 10 using MVB for Applications 7.1, Excel 2013). Stepping into the code executes perfectly but when I assign the code to a command button or form button the code fails. It seems to fail at the section starting at ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat. Can someone please tell me why the code fails with buttons.
 

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Sorry I thought I had attached the code. Here it is:

Code:
Sub SaveAsPDF()
    
    Dim strBasePath As Variant, PdfFileName As Variant, strPtName As Range, strPtID As Range, strPlanName As Range, strMach As String
    
    Set strPtName = Worksheets("Dose Measurement").Range("d8")
    Set strPtID = Worksheets("Dose Measurement").Range("d10")
    Set strPlanName = Worksheets("Dose Measurement").Range("k8")
    strMach = Worksheets("Dose Measurement").Range("k10")
    PdfFileName = strPtName & "  " & strPtID
    
    If IsEmpty(strPtName) Or IsEmpty(strPtID) Or IsEmpty(strPlanName) Or strMach = "Select here" Or strMach = "" Then
        MsgBox "Please enter all Patient Demographics" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Click Ok to continue", Buttons:=vbInformation, Title:="FOR YOUR INFORMATION"
        strPtName.Select
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    With ActiveDocument
        On Error GoTo Errhandler
        StrPath = GetFolder & ""
        Application.PrintCommunication = False  'this temporarily turns off the communication to the printer to avoid Run-time error
'‘1004’: Unable to set the FitToPagesTall property of the PageSetup class
        If PdfFileName <> False Then
            With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
                .Orientation = x1Portrait
                .PrintArea = "$b$2:$n$91"
                .FitToPagesWide = 1
                .FitToPagesTall = 0
            End With
            
            Application.PrintCommunication = True
            
            ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat _
            Type:=xlTypePDF, _
            Filename:=StrPath & PdfFileName & " " & "Point Dose", _
            Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
            IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
            IgnorePrintAreas:=False, _
            OpenAfterPublish:=False
            MsgBox "PDF file: " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & PdfFileName & " " & "Point Dose" & (".pdf") & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "has been created.", Buttons:=vbInformation, Title:="FOR YOUR INFORMATION"
            
        End If
exitHandler:
        Exit Sub
Errhandler:
        MsgBox "Could not create PDF file"
        Resume exitHandler
    End With
End Sub
Function GetFolder() As String
    Dim oFolder As Object, strBasePath As Variant
    strBasePath = "[URL="file://\\hneahs.nswhealth.net\shares\Tamworth"]\\hneahs.nswhealth.net\shares\Tamworth[/URL] NWCC\Medical Physics\Treatment Planning\01 Plan Checking\02 Dynamic Treatments\01 Treated Patients"
    GetFolder = ""
    Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0, strBasePath)
    If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
    Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function
 
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