I've been running into issues for a while with trying to save Excel files in new folders. I think that it's connected to OneDrive folders trying to sync, but I can't find anything that helps confirm this issue. I've included a sample piece of code that replicates the issue I've had. If I run this once (creating a new folder), then I will get a SaveAs error. But if I immediately run it again, it will just ask to overwrite the file and it will save just fine. Is there a way to go about handling the save as error or to continue to try until it's saved successfully?
Sub save_file()
Dim folder_path As String
folder_path = "C:\Users\" & Environ("USERNAME") & "\OneDrive - Company Name\Desktop\Test Folder"
If Len(Dir(folder_path, vbDirectory)) = 0 Then
MkDir (folder_path)
End If
Dim new_book As Workbook
Set new_book = Workbooks.Add
new_book.SaveAs Filename:=folder_path & "\Test Book", FileFormat:=51
End Sub
EDIT: I was able to find a potential workaround, although I haven't done much yet to test it. This file is still being saved to the folder, so I can close the file that gives the save error, and then just reopen it (here also setting it as the same Workbook object for reuse.
Sub save_file()
Dim folder_path As String
folder_path = "C:\Users\" & Environ("USERNAME") & "\OneDrive - Company Name\Desktop\Test Folder " & Format(Now, "HHMMSS")
If Len(Dir(folder_path, vbDirectory)) = 0 Then
MkDir (folder_path)
End If
Dim new_book As Workbook
Set new_book = Workbooks.Add
book_name = folder_path & "\Test Book " & Format(Now, "HHMMSS")
On Error GoTo savehandler
new_book.SaveAs Filename:=book_name, FileFormat:=51
Exit Sub
savehandler:
new_book.Close
Set new_book = Workbooks.Open(book_name)
End Sub