VBA Issue Creating Filename with variables

mib1019

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I am STUCK!!

I have a sub that creates a filename from extracting parts of text from cells A1 and A2 on an imported workbook, then concatenating those values. My code is putting my filename on two lines of that cell; debug window shows it the same way. When this sub will be called by another Sub SaveFile(), Excel hits Runtime error 1004.

Here is what the target cell, and debug window, look like after the GetFileName sub runs:
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Here's my code:

Sub GetFileName


Dim ListName As String
Dim ListDate As Date
Dim TextDate


Dim MyString1
Dim MyString2


MyString1 = Worksheets("Stock List").Range("A1").Value
MyString2 = Worksheets("Stock List").Range("A2").Value

ListName = Right(MyString1, Len(MyString1) - InStr(MyString1, ": ") - 1)
ListDate = DateValue(Right(MyString2, Len(MyString2) - InStr(MyString2, "y, ") - 1))


Dim strMonth
Dim strDay
Dim strYear


strYear = Year(ListDate)


If Len(Month(ListDate)) = 1 Then
strMonth = "0" & Month(ListDate)
Else
strMonth = Month(ListDate)
End If

If Len(Day(ListDate)) = 1 Then
strDay = "0" & Day(ListDate)
Else
strDay = Day(ListDate)
End If


TextDate = strYear & strMonth & strDay

strFileName = ListName & " " & TextDate


Debug.Print strFileName


End Suber sub SaveFile(), I get Runtime error 1004.

Maybe someone can help me with this pesky issue. I cannot figure it out!

Thanks!
MIB
 

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strFileName = ListName & " " & TextDate
 
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Thanks for your answer.

When I run this code, it oddly 'wraps' the return on variables into two line, both in the debug window and in the cell on the worksheet (as if it puts in the first variable's value, then an ALT key, then the second variable's value). The variables are returned correctly, but the insertion of those values is causing the problem.

The debug window looks like this:
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Do you not get that same result? What am I missing?

Thanks again!


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Sorry, but my previous post has a couple of problems. What I meant to say is that my debug window, and the cell holding the value of the concatenated variables, looks like this:

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It looks like you may have a line feed in there, which is why asked the question in post#2.
Could you answer that question?
 
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