Set Workbook

mayday1

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A kind soul helped me out with this the other day. Now I have a subsequent question: How do I set a variable to this value?
Here's what I'm trying to do:
Set MyFile = Workbooks(" & Range("B1") & " " & Range("C1") & ".xlsx")
so it would end up being:
Set MyFile = Workbooks(Donors April.xlsx)
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Here's the original question and the brilliant answer:
OK, so I have a drop down in cell A1 to select the year and another dropdown in B1 to select the first part of a filename and a third dropdown in C1 to select the second part of the filename

So if select...
A1 = 2019
B1 = Donors
C1 = April

...and the file I want to open is E:\ReportFolder\2019\Donors April.xlsx
What would be the VBA to open this file?

Below was the answer provided - works great for the original question.
Workbooks.Open ("E:\ReportFolder" & Range("A1") & "" & Range("B1") & " " & Range("C1") & ".xlsx")
 

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Not quite sure what you are after but you could introduce variables to the code like this.
Code:
Dim MyFile As Workbook
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strFolder As String
Dim strPath As String

    strFileName = Range("B1").Value & " " & Range("C1").Value & ".xlsx"

    strFolder = Range("A1").Value

    strPath = "E:\ReportFolder\" & strFolder & "\"

    Set MyFile = Workbooks(strPath & strFileName)
 
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You don't need the front " &

Code:
Set MyFile = Workbooks(Range("B1") & " " & Range("C1") & ".xlsx")
 
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Try this

Code:
    wBook = Range("B1").Value & " " & Range("C1").Value & ".xlsx"

 'Can be
    Workbooks.Open "E:\ReportFolder\" & Range("A1").Value & "\" & wBook  
    Set MyFile = ActiveWorkbook
    
'Or
    Workbooks.Open "E:\ReportFolder\" & Range("A1").Value & "\" & wBook  
    Set MyFile = Workbooks(wBook)
 
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