Hi David, You Did everything Correct except the way you are accessing the public variable. For Accessing the public variable from Another work book you need to add the reference of that work book into your current work book then only you can use that variable in your current work book. For more explaination you can go through the following link this link will guid you how can you access the public variable.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141693 Regards Prince On Friday, March 8, 2013 5:07:19 AM UTC+5:30, David Grugeon wrote: > > Hi all > > I am using excel 14 (Part of Office Pro Plus 2010) on Win 7 Pro 32 bit. > A fairly standard setup. > > The help file says > Public > > Variables declared using the *Public* statement are visible to all > procedures in all modules in all applications unless *Option Private > Module* is in effect. In that case, the variables are public only within > the project in which they reside. > > I created 2 workbooks They are clean. i.e. I do not think there is > secret code in them as they are newly created. > > > I created a module in each file. > > The modules are as foillows > > In Test1.xlsb > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Option Explicit > > Public Y As Integer > > Sub setY() > > Y = 18 > > End Sub > > > Sub testY() > > Dim X > > X = Y > > Debug.Print X > > End Sub > > -------------------------------------- > > in Test2.xlsb > > Option Explicit > > > Sub testY() > > Dim X > > X = Y > > Debug.Print X > > End Sub > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > If I run Sety() and TestY() in Test1 everything works as expected and it > prints 18 in the immediate window. > > However testY in test 2.xlsb will not compile. It highlights the Y in X=Y > and says "Variable not defined" > > What have I misunderstood from the help file, or is it just wrong? > > > Regards > David Grugeon > > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
