Calling Function in Add-in

[MikeH2]

In a VBA Sub, I issue this command:

Dim IsItOpen As Variant
IsItOpen = Application.Run("personal.xla!IsOpenWB", "chart of accounts.xlsx")

And the function in personal.xla is:
Public Function isopenwb(ByVal WBname As String) As Boolean
'returns true if workbook is open
Dim objWorkbook As Object
On Error Resume Next
isopenwb = False
Set objWorkbook = Workbooks(WBname)
If Err = 0 Then isopenwb = True
End Function

But I get an error, "The Macro 'personal.xla!IsOpenWB' cannot be found.
Ideas?

 

[Dave Peterson]

It sounds like personal.xla isn't open.

Or maybe IsOpenWB isn't in a general module.

 

[MikeH2]

Personal.xla is open and the module type pulldown at the top says (General)

 

[Dave Peterson]

That's not enough information.

Is the code in the ThisWorkbook module? Or behind a worksheet?

Select your project in the project explorer in the VBE and click on
Insert|Module.

Then move (not copy) your code there.

 

[MikeH2]

It is in a module by itself now. It never was part of the Microsoft Excel
Objects. It was always a module. Now it is in Module1 (as I usually rename
modules). But I believe I have other copies of that function elsewhere so I
renamed it to IsOpenWBXX and called it thusly and it works. So I believe it
must be a 'matter of mistaken identity' of my function. Anyway, issue
resolved short-term and I will fix long-term by cleaning up my code and
eliminated dup functions with the same name.