Try using "Insert/Object..." instead of "Insert/Picture". When the dialog
box comes up, select the "Create From File" tab, and make sure to check the
"Link to File" box. After that, every time you reopen the Excel workbook,
you will get the message about whether or not to update links (which you can
change with "Tools/Options...").

I think you can also then use "Edit/Links..." to update the links manually,
and there is probably also some VBA routine you could place in the
Workbook_Open event to update the links. Lots of options.

HTH,

Eric

"Glenn Mulno" wrote:

Hi,

First - I apologize - I posted this earlier on public.excel - so this is a
cross post. I apologize if you subscribe to that list and this is a repeat.
Just trying to get a wider audience.

I am trying to have Excel show/display an image from a file and be able to
update/refresh that image if it changed but am not having any luck. The
image file will get updated weekly - so I am not looking to embed an image
one time. I want it to link to the source file and when I update the image
file, it will reflect the new image in Excel the next time Excel opens.

Inserting an image file embeds the image but there is no link to the source
file for updates.

I tried using the image control - but that did not appear to work right. It
did display the image, and I can resize the image to proper form - but the
image does not update the next time I open Excel after replacing the image.
There is a property of the image control called "AutoLoad" - but after I set
it to True - when I close and then reopen Excel - the image does not refresh
and that property is somehow reset to False.

At the moment - I am getting images sent to me in .png format - if the
solution could handle that it would be great. The steps I tried above I
tried with a converted jpg image and that did not work. The png image file
seems even less friendly.

I am using MS Office 2007 and the file is a .xlsm (macro enabled) file.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

--
Glenn