Prevent for Saving as New File in VBA

sienst0829

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Hello. I'm trying to prevent the users from saving the file as a new one if they have left some cells blank. What syntax do I use? Thanks!
 

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Some pointers on a high level.
Goto VBAProject, double click on the sheet, choose 'Before save' in the drop down menu.
Add a code which checks if the cells is blank and call ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs ...
 
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You can put some code to make the necessary check and cancel the save.
Put this in ThisWorkbook code module:
Code:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
    If SaveAsUI Then
        If IsEmpty(Range("A1")) Then
            Cancel = True
            MsgBox "Some cells are left balnk. SaveAs cancelled."
        End If
    End If
End Sub
Just keep in mind - there are many ways to save a file with a new name.
 
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