Why is VBA creating a folder on ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs

Question

I have this VBA:

ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Path & Filename & ".xls"
ActiveWorkbook.Close

This is supposed to save the currently active workbook or worksheet to a path and file name provided. The extension ".xls" is used so that the exported file is a Excel 97-2003 Workbook.

It saves the Workbook or Worksheet but has a folder included in them. Let's say the file name was "Master.xls", ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs works but the VBA seem to include a folder named "Master_files" next to it as if it were saved as a web file. How can I disable this?

Note that the sheet came from an online database, when I click the link to export the records into an Excel sheet it doesn't download it but instead opens it straight from web to my Excel application which is why I created this SaveAs code.

Answer 1

I believe you need to expressly specify the format:

ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Path & Filename & ".xls", FileFormat:=xlExcel8

Otherwise, it is saving as HTML, along with the _files , because you got it from the Web (I think). MSDN says:

For an existing file, the default format is the last file format specified

which I am guessing is HTML for your situation.

xlExcel8 is the constant to use for .xls files per Ron de Bruin's reference .