Hi Mike,

use something like:

=IF(INDIRECT("[Book1.xls]"&A1&"!B2")="","",INDIRECT("[Book1.xls]"&A1&"!B2"))


But I think that both files need to be open. Also put the path in the
filename

Mangesh


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