How to open a file on my Sharepoint Site with VBA if I dont have internet connection?

Question

I have a macro that opens a file on a Sharepoint Site, uses that file to generate a new file to be saved into the same Sharepoint Site. If I am currently connected to the Internet, the macro runs perfectly fine. When I am disconected from the internet the macro is unable to open the file, even if I am referencing a path to my local Drive. For example

Set wdApp = New Word.Application
'make word Visible'
wdApp.Visible = True
wdApp.Activate
'open File'
wdApp.Documents.Open (D:\mySharepointSite\file.dotx")

Answer 1

Everything on Sharepoint is stored in "The Cloud" which is (roughly) a fancy name for "The Internet". If you aren't connected to the internet you can't connect to sharepoint.