Did as you suggested:

- =VLOOKUP(D11,INDIRECT(C11),3,FALSE) works
- changed to =VLOOKUP(D11,INDIRECT.ext(C11),3,FALSE) - doesn't work
- tried =VLOOKUP(D11,INDIRECT("""&C11&"""),3,FALSE) - doesn't work

Any ideas?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I'd open that other workbook.
Build my formula so that it works with =indirect()
close the other workbook (so you see the path)
and see if just changing =indirect() to =indirect.ext() would make it work.

Mike McLellan wrote:

Almost there.

I am now getting an #VALUE! error - any ideas?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Maybe...

=VLOOKUP(D10,INDIRECT.ext(""""&C10&""""),3,FALSE)



Mike McLellan wrote:

Thanks, Dave.

INDIRECT.EXT requires that the whole string is enclosed by double quotes -
how do I amend formula in C10 to achieve this?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If you open that "sending" workbook, you'll see that you did everything perfect.

But =indirect() only works if the "sending" workbook is open.

Laurent Longre has an addin (morefunc.xll) at:
http://xcell05.free.fr/

That includes =indirect.ext() that may help you.

Mike McLellan wrote:

I want to use VLOOKUP to help produce a summary spreadsheet from a number of
files.

Cell C10 contains - =CONCATENATE("D:\Documents and Settings\fzvtc6\My
Documents\EDS
Documents\Shared\Excel\LPS\SLA\",TEXT($A10,"yyyymm dd"),"\[",TEXT($A10,"yyyymmdd")," - Weekly - All locations - LPS - Live.xls]Weekly!$A$1:$Z:50")

which evaluates as - D:\Documents and Settings\fzvtc6\My Documents\EDS
Documents\Shared\Excel\LPS\SLA\20060320\[20060320 - Weekly - All locations -
LPS - Live.xls]Weekly!$A$1:$Z:50

In cell F10, I want to be able to incorporate a call to VLOOKUP along the
following lines - =VLOOKUP(D10,INDIRECT(C10),3,FALSE)

When I try this, I get an #REF! error. Can anyone tell me where I'm going
wrong?

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Dave Peterson


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