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Indirect Addressing in VBA
Hi Guys:
Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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Hi,
INDIRECT references will only work if the referenced workbook is open. Otherwise it will return #REF. Is Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls open? Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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Craig,
The target workbook, Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls, must be open. Indirect doesn't work with closed files. If you're doing this via a macro, then make a link to the data instead using INDIRECT. This should work with the target workbook closed. ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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Andy:
Thanks for the response. You were right. I didn't have the target sheet open. Now I have to figure out why it is accessing the wrong cell. Is there a simple VBA command that will ensure that the target file is open? Regards, Craig "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... Hi, INDIRECT references will only work if the referenced workbook is open. Otherwise it will return #REF. Is Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls open? Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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Just to add to Earl's suggestion...
You may want to specify the drive/folder that contains that workbook, too. Earl Kiosterud wrote: Craig, The target workbook, Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls, must be open. Indirect doesn't work with closed files. If you're doing this via a macro, then make a link to the data instead using INDIRECT. This should work with the target workbook closed. ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig -- Dave Peterson |
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Hi,
Not sure it simple. But I guess 1 approach would be to add code to the workbook Open event to check and then open the workbook if required. Private Sub Workbook_Open() Dim wbkRef As Workbook On Error Resume Next Set wbkRef = Workbooks("Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls") If wbkRef Is Nothing Then Set wbkRef = Workbooks.Open("C:\Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls") If wbkRef Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Unable to open referenced workbook", vbExclamation End If End If If StrComp(wbkRef.FullName, _ "C:\Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls", vbTextCompare) < 0 Then MsgBox "File with same name but diffrent location" & _ " is already open", vbExclamation Else ' All is well MsgBox "OK" End If End Sub Cheers Andy C Brandt wrote: Andy: Thanks for the response. You were right. I didn't have the target sheet open. Now I have to figure out why it is accessing the wrong cell. Is there a simple VBA command that will ensure that the target file is open? Regards, Craig "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... Hi, INDIRECT references will only work if the referenced workbook is open. Otherwise it will return #REF. Is Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls open? Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "C Brandt" wrote in message . .. Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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Thanks All:
Maybe I am attacking this all wrong. Key features of the task a 1) I want to generate a way to grab the data from another spread sheet(target file) on demand only 2) I do not want active links, since that target file changes 3) Everyone that will be using this feature does not have the same directory structure 4) I can require everyone to keep the target file in the save directory as the running spreadsheet The following is the way I currently do it. I input the following formula in cell I8 of the running spreadsheet "=Vlookup($H8,'[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$A$13:$BV$363,70,0)" Manually copy this formula down to around cell I500 Copy I8:I500 Paste-value in cells I8:I500 Save and distribute the file. When I am done, no links exist, and all would be great, except the peope that use the running spreadsheet make minor changes to the sheet to suite their own needs and would like to do the update on their own. Is there a simple way of inputting the name of the Target File (Trade Sheet 7-2-07.xls) in a cell location in the running spreadsheet and via a button executed macro, create that formula, then copy-paste it to eliminate the link? I thought Indirect was the best solution, but I'm not so sure now. Craig "Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message ... Craig, The target workbook, Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls, must be open. Indirect doesn't work with closed files. If you're doing this via a macro, then make a link to the data instead using INDIRECT. This should work with the target workbook closed. ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig |
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You know that the formula's syntax has to be something like:
=Vlookup($H8,'[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$A$13:$BV$363,70,0) or when that file is closed: =VLOOKUP(H8,'C:\My Documents\excel\[[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$A:$CQ,70,0) So you could get the filename--application.getopenfilename may work nicely if you allow the users to put the file whereever they want. Or you could pick it up from a cell--but be aware that you'll have to do some validation for this to work right--make sure the user gives a correct location and filename. Here's hoping that the worksheets keep the name Buy(!). Option Explicit Sub testme() Dim WkbkName As String Dim FolderName As String Dim myStr As String Dim myRng As Range Dim myCell As Range With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("sheet1") Set myCell = .Range("a1") WkbkName = myCell.Value FolderName = "C:\My Documents\excel\" myStr = "'" & FolderName & "[" & WkbkName & "]buy'!$a$13:$bv$363" Set myRng = .Range("I8:I" & .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row) End With With myRng .Formula = "=vlookup($h8," & myStr & ",70,0)" .Value = .Value End With End Sub I filled column I from row 8 to the last row that was used in column A. C Brandt wrote: Thanks All: Maybe I am attacking this all wrong. Key features of the task a 1) I want to generate a way to grab the data from another spread sheet(target file) on demand only 2) I do not want active links, since that target file changes 3) Everyone that will be using this feature does not have the same directory structure 4) I can require everyone to keep the target file in the save directory as the running spreadsheet The following is the way I currently do it. I input the following formula in cell I8 of the running spreadsheet "=Vlookup($H8,'[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$A$13:$BV$363,70,0)" Manually copy this formula down to around cell I500 Copy I8:I500 Paste-value in cells I8:I500 Save and distribute the file. When I am done, no links exist, and all would be great, except the peope that use the running spreadsheet make minor changes to the sheet to suite their own needs and would like to do the update on their own. Is there a simple way of inputting the name of the Target File (Trade Sheet 7-2-07.xls) in a cell location in the running spreadsheet and via a button executed macro, create that formula, then copy-paste it to eliminate the link? I thought Indirect was the best solution, but I'm not so sure now. Craig "Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message ... Craig, The target workbook, Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls, must be open. Indirect doesn't work with closed files. If you're doing this via a macro, then make a link to the data instead using INDIRECT. This should work with the target workbook closed. ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com Note: Top-posting has been the norm here. Some folks prefer bottom-posting. But if you bottom-post to a reply that's already top-posted, the thread gets messy. When in Rome... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "C Brandt" wrote in message ... Hi Guys: Indirect addressing looks to be the soultion to another problem I'm having, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get it working, which of course means I don't understand it. Documentation seems very weak in this area. I would like to do a vlookup into another worksheet, but the name of the worksheet varies from day to day. Furthermore, since I do not want this link to be active in the final product, I create the formula using a button driven macro that ends it's function by copy, then paste-value of all the formulas. To simplify this discussion I would like to replace the VLOOKUP with a simple Equal. If I were to hard code it, this is what the formula would look like: ='[Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls]Buy'!$C$363 This is what I put in there to replace the formula Cell I4 = Trades Sheet 7-2-07.xls Cell I5 = Buy'!$C$363 And the formula that will be pasted down the row is: Cell I8 = =INDIRECT("'["&I4&"]"&I5) This results in a #REF!. Any clues? Craig -- Dave Peterson |
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