dim myFileName as string
myFilename = "oef-1111.xls"

Range("l2").value _
= workbooks(myfilename).worksheets("sheet1").range(" C12").value

But that workbook does have to be open.


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If you're trying to retrieve a value from a closed workbook...

John Walkenbach has a routine that can get values from a closed workbook:
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/eee/eee009.txt
Look for either: GetDataFromClosedFile or GetValue.

And you could also just build a formula in an empty cell, retrieve the value and
then clean up that helper cell.




bg18461 wrote:

I am trying to create VB code that takes data from one workbook and adds
info to a master workbook (database).

The filenames will all have the same prefix followed by a series of
numbers.

Here is the code that I am using to grab the data from one workbook and
insert it into the database.

Range("L2").Value = Range("'[oef.xls]Sheet1'!C12").Value

This code assumes that the name of the file I am inserting will always
be oef.xls, however I will be taking data from files called
oef-1111.xls
oef-2222.xls
oef-3333.xls, etc...

I would like the code to be able to pull from these files without me
having to rename the sheets from oef-1111.xls to oef.xls.

Thanks for your input.

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