thanks for your time tom. i'll check it out.
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Gary


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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I would do it something like this pseudo code I would think

dim spcRng as Range, spNum as Long
dim rcpeRng as Range, cell as Range
dim bk as workbook
worksheets("DataEntry")
set spcRng = .rows(1).cells
spNum =.Range("B9").Value
end with
set bk = workbooks.Open(spNum & ".xls")
with bk.Worksheets(1)
set rcpeRng = .Range("B1",.Cells(1,256).End(xltoLeft))
end with
for each cell in rcpeRng
res = application.match(cell,spcRng,0)
if iserror(res) then
res = spcrng.cells(1,"IV").End(xltoLeft)(1,2).column
spcRng.Parent.Cells(1,res).Value = cell.value
spcRng.Parent.Cells(2,res).Value = cell.offset(1,0).value
else
spcRng.Parent.Cells(2,res).Value = spcRng.Parent( _
2,res).Value + cell.offset(1,0).value
end if
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Gary Keramidas" wrote:

i am just looking for a short description, no code, on how you would proceed
with this task. i have an idea, but just wanted some other input before i
really
got into it too far.

looking to summarize spice blends. every blend is in a separate workbook
whose
name starts with a unique number then has some text description then .xls.

the range of cells for the spices needed for that blend is always the same in
each workbook.

so in the summary workbook, if the user wanted to schedule a particular
blend,
they would just enter the numerical part of the filename then i would just
find
and open it.

then i would need to populate the columns with the spices and the number of
pounds needed.

with multiple blends scheduled, there would be some unique spices and some
that
are reused, like salt, for example. so i would need to add to the number in
that
column, but if the spice hasn't been used yet, i would need to add a column
for
that spice.

would you import all of the blends for the week in a "work" sheet, sort, then
delete the dupes and then populate the actual schedule sheet?

just looking for some ideas here, i know it's not much to go on.

thanks for reading.

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Gary