Does this thread point you in the right direction:

http://tinyurl.com/lbzho
?
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HTH,

RD

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"Suresh" wrote in message
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I am trying to build a database which will contain data from various other
workbooks. I used Indirect function to create the same, which apparently
has
a limitation that it will work only when the external workbook is open.
Are
there any ways to work around this - i.e. any other changes to the formula
or
any other formulas? I use concatenate to combine various other fields in
the
database to create a file name, sheet name and cell reference which will
then
be combined with indirect to return values from the external workbook