Excel macro - Export to PDF - vba

Question

I have a work book that has many macros to export various worksheets as pdfs in the same location the workbook is saved.
My issue is, if the workbook is saved in a folder on the desktop, then the PDFs are generated just fine.
When the workbook is saved on a network location, the pdfs don't generate. below is a sample of the macro:
Sub PDF_CStmtP()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(Array("C Stmt - P")).Select
pdfname = fileSaveName
ChDir ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\"
fileSaveName = "Closing Statement (Purchase)"
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
fileSaveName _
, Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas _
:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Main Menu").Activate
MsgBox "File Saved " & " " & fileSaveName
End Sub

Answer 1

Your issue is the ChDir command, see here for an explanation: https://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/chdir.php
The important part of this is "The CHDIR statement lets you change the current directory on the current drive. If you need to change drives, try using the CHDRIVE statement first."
When you are trying to save to a network drive you are changing the drive letter from C:\ to whatever the network drive is mapped to, in my case it was U:\ .
The simple fix to your code is to move the Path from ChDir to just being in the filename, so your code should look like:
Sub PDF_CStmtP()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(Array("C Stmt - P")).Select
pdfname = fileSaveName
'ChDir ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\"
fileSaveName = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & "Closing Statement (Purchase)"
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= fileSaveName, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Main Menu").Activate
MsgBox "File Saved " & " " & fileSaveName
End Sub
There are a few other edits you could make to clean it up, but this will solve the issue at hand.
**Based on the comment about the message box, you could change the code to this:
Sub PDF_CStmtP()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
ThisWorkbook.Sheets(Array("C Stmt - P")).Select
pdfname = "Closing Statement (Purchase)"
'ChDir ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\"
fileSaveName = ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & pdfname
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= fileSaveName, _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, _
IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Main Menu").Activate
MsgBox "File Saved " & " " & pdfname
End Sub