I am creating a macro of the report generator that let the user to save a copy of the file to its destination.

Cell value ("E5") is where the user input the date.
Cell value ("E11") is where user keyin the record name (in this case colour values)

The macro will save it to the location in the C drive

Here are the code :

Sub CTemplate()



'Select up the macro generator

    Sheets("File Generator").Select



'Save file according to the textbox values



        Dim filename As String

        Dim varDatevalue As String

        Dim varColourvalue As String



        varDatevalue = Range("E5").Value

        varColourvalue = Range("E11").Value



        ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs filename:="C:Colour Log" & varDatevalue & "--" & varColourvalue & ".xlsm", _

        FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled, CreateBackup:=False

However, there are some problems as I encounter to run time error:

I already tried as followed:

• Debugging and search for SO but couldn't find any one else with the same problems


• I already created the folder at the desired locations


• Uncheck ("Read Only") check box for the file so it can be written

Thank you .

"A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: / : * ? " < > |" - your file name seems to be "5114192C700" which effectively means that you are trying to save your file in a non-existent directory c:Colour Log5114192C700. You have to change the slashes in the file name for other characters.

The ' / : * ? < > | [ ] "' Issue

Sub CTemplate()



    'Always place values, especially text into constants, so you can

    'quickly change them and you don't have to search and change them

    'wherever they appear in the code.

    Const cStrPath As String = "C:Colour Log"

    Const cStrWsName As String = "File Generator"

    Const cStrDateCell As String = "E5"

    Const cStrColorCell As String = "E11"



    Dim arrNope As Variant

    Dim strNope As String



    Dim strFileName As String

    Dim strDate As String

    Dim strColour As String

    Dim intNope As Integer



    'Characters you can't have in a filename

    strNope = " / : * ? < > | [ ] " & Chr(34) 'Chr(34) is double quotes (")

    'You can add other characters like "." if you don't want them in the

    'filename, just make sure to separate the characters and end the string

    'with a space (" ").



    'Paste the characters into an array

    arrNope = Split(strNope)



    'Calculate strings

    With Worksheets(cStrWsName)

        'Loop through the array of characters

        For intNope = LBound(arrNope) To UBound(arrNope)

            'With 'Cstr' you coerce each value to a string data type.

            'With 'Replace' you replace each character with "", practically you

            'delete each 'unwanted' character if it is found.

            strDate = Replace(CStr(.Range(cStrDateCell).Value), _

                arrNope(intNope), "")

        Next

        'Coerce the value to a string datatype

        strColour = CStr(.Range(cStrColorCell).Value)

    End With



    'Calculate filename

    strFileName = cStrPath & strDate & "--" & strColour & ".xlsm"



    'The following line is used only to suppress the error that could occur when

    'a file already exists and at the prompt "No" or "Cancel" is selected.

    On Error Resume Next



    'Save the file

    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs filename:=strFileName, _

        FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled



End Sub