Excel VBA to open a workbook and switch to a different worksheet

Question

Good Afternoon. I am currently very novice a VBA and am trying to create a simple code that will open a workbook, flip to a specific worksheet (Transaction Analysis) and run two macros. Then is should flip to worksheet "Fund Trend" and run those same two macros, then save and close. I found this code online and have slightly modified to try to open a specific sheet within the workbook with no luck.

If I exclude the line regarding "ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Transaction Analysis") then the script works correctly for the open worksheet. It is when I try to add anything referencing a specific worksheet within the workbook that I run into issues. The the script shown below, the workbook opens and that's it. The script stops there and does not run the macros.

I would really appreciate any help or suggestions! The idea is to schedule schedule the execution of the final vbscript with task scheduler. Thank You!

Dim args, objExcel

Set args = wscript.Arguments
set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcel.workbooks.open args(0)
objExcel.Visible = True

ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Transaction Analysis")

objExcel.Run "Clear"

objExcel.Run "SecurityDistribution"

objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close(0)
objExcel.Quit

Answer 1

Are you saying to want to run a Macro in another Workbook other than the one that has focus? If that's all it is, try this one-liner.

Application.Run "MacroBook!MacroName"

Notice, you don't need to select a specific Worksheet to run a Macro. You do, however, need to select the right Workbook!