Workbooks Object

Excel Developer Reference

A collection of all the Workbook objects that are currently open in the Microsoft Excel application.

Remarks

For more information about using a single Workbook object, see the Workbook object.

Example

Use the Workbooks property to return the Workbooks collection. The following example closes all open workbooks.

Visual Basic for Applications
Workbooks.Close

Use the Add method to create a new, empty workbook and add it to the collection. The following example adds a new, empty workbook to Microsoft Excel.

Visual Basic for Applications
Workbooks.Add

Use the Open method to open a file. This creates a new workbook for the opened file. The following example opens the file Array.xls as a read-only workbook.

Visual Basic for Applications
Workbooks.Open FileName:="Array.xls", ReadOnly:=True

See Also

• Excel Object Model Reference
• Workbooks Object Members