Excel.Application.ActiveWorkbook.md

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Application.ActiveWorkbook property (Excel)	vbaxl10.chm183081	vbaxl10.chm183081	Excel.Application.ActiveWorkbook	637a2a30-f80c-08cd-e5c2-84716d0fff01	04/04/2019	medium

Application.ActiveWorkbook property (Excel)

Returns a Workbook object that represents the workbook in the active window (the window on top). Returns Nothing if there are no windows open or if either the Info window or the Clipboard window is the active window. Read-only.

Note

The document in the active Protected View window cannot be accessed by using this property. Instead, use the Workbook property of the ProtectedViewWindow object.

Syntax

expression.ActiveWorkbook

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Example

This example displays the name of the active workbook.

MsgBox "The name of the active workbook is " & ActiveWorkbook.Name

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