If you put the workbook name into another cell, you could use =indirect() to
build the reference to the other workbook.

The bad news is that =indirect() will return an error if that other workbook
isn't open.

Harlan Grove wrote a UDF called PULL that will retrieve the value from a closed
workbook.

You can find the function at Harlan's FTP site:
ftp://members.aol.com/hrlngrv/
Look for pull.zip

Negentropy wrote:

Hi all,

Is there a syntax to make the path of a linked cell dynamic? I’ll
explain with an example:

Cell A1 is linked to another excel file, example.xls, in the folder
week 40.
So the formula in cell A1: ='C:\week _40_\[example.xls]Blad1'!$A$1

In this formula, I want the value _40_ to be dynamic, and read this
value from cell B1.
So lets say I put _41_ in to cell B1, the formula in cell A1 should
read ='C:\week _41_\[example.xls]Blad1'!$A$1

Any way to go about this? Thanks a lot in advance!

Cheers, Chris

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