Tom,

Thanks! That realy helps!
I was confused because in Excel the formule is shown with semicolons, but
from VBA I have to enter them using comma's.

Archie

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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You need to enter the formula using US English conventions:

ActiveCell.Formula = "=VLOOKUP($L2,'Sheet 2'!$A$2:$D$6000,2,FALSE)"

this assumes that the name of the sheet is "Sheet 2" with a space and not
the default "Sheet2" without a space.

if you want to use semicolons (not recommended for VBA)


ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=VLOOKUP($L2;'Sheet 2'!$A$2:$D$6000;2;FALSE)"

and this assumes that the name of the function in your regional version is
VLOOKUP

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"Archie" wrote:

Hi,

I try to enter a formula in a cell using VBA: =VLOOKUP($L2;'Sheet
2'!$A$2:$D$6000;2;FALSE)
This fails with a Run-time error '1004'
Entering this formula by hand works OK

When I remove the reference to 'Sheet 2' it all works OK:
=VLOOKUP($L2;$A$2:$D$6000;2;FALSE)

It looks like a bug to me (or a feature?)

How can I insert this formula refering to another sheet in a cell using
VBA?