The code works fine in my testing. The Excel workbook will only be created if something has been found. As mentioned in the other thread, the searches are case-sensitive.
I think you have misunderstood what I said. If the workbook is supposed to exist already, a lot more coding is required, including code to test whether the workbook is already opened.

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Paul Edstein
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