Generic User for Excel Connection String -
is possible have generic user reference in data connection string of excel data connection?
i have external reference workbook share colleagues, , in collaboration software use there path each user's synced folder, such as:
c:\users\"username"\....
is there prompt similar %userprofile% use in instance? here full connection string example:
dsn=excel files;dbq=c:\users\"username"\...\file.xlsx;defaultdir=c:\users\"username"\...;driverid=1046;maxbuffersize=2048;pagetimeout=5;
to generate c:\users\username
use: environ("homedrive") & environ("homepath")
see environ function , windows apis & wscript @ daily dose of excel - path documents in vba
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