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Open Excel file for reading with VBA without display


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Not sure if you can open them invisibly in the current excel instance

You can open a new instance of excel though, hide it and then open the workbooks

Dim app as New Excel.Applicationapp.Visible = False 'Visible is False by default, so this isn't necessaryDim book As Excel.WorkbookSet book = app.Workbooks.Add(fileName)'' Do what you have to do'book.Close SaveChanges:=Falseapp.QuitSet app = Nothing

As others have posted, make sure you clean up after you are finished with any opened workbooks

excel vba file-io

If that suits your needs, I would simply use

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

with the added benefit of accelerating your code, instead of slowing it down by using a second instance of Excel.

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To open a workbook as hidden in the existing instance of Excel, use following:

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False    Workbooks.Open Filename:=FilePath, UpdateLinks:=True, ReadOnly:=True    ActiveWindow.Visible = False    ThisWorkbook.Activate    Application.ScreenUpdating = True

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