Hi,

When you think about it, probably makes sense that the workbook needs to
open before the query can be refreshed <g.

That said, QueryTable objects do have events that can be intercepted and
coded - specifically AfterRefresh and BeforeRefresh. I'd say that you're
looking for AfterRefresh. There is a catch though. The Excel VBA help topic
'Using Events with the QueryTable Object' states ...

"Before you can use events with the QueryTable object, you must first create
a new class module and declare a QueryTable object with events."

Could I suggest (respectfully of course <g) that a read through this topic
might be a good place to start. Please post back if you need something
further.

HTH, Cheers and Regards, Sean.

" wrote:

I want to process some data when the user opens a spreadsheet, but not
until an external Access query has been refreshed.

"Refresh data on file open..." has been checked in the data range
properties. But I think my Workbook_Open() code is running before auto
refresh happens.

Where is the best place to put code to ensure that it runs after the
external MS-Query has been updated?

As a last resort, I could have the user press a button after all data
has been refreshed, but that is messy.

Thanks in advance....
...df