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Path Reference in cells
I'm trying to figure out how to reference the text in a
cell that contains a path to a file to use in a subsequent formula. Example: Assume some file is on server in a directory lets say the file is called File1.xls Assume: [File1.xls]!$A$1="Hello World" In Another workbook... Let text in A1= "'\\someserver\directory\[File1.xls]'" Let formula in cell A2= A1$ & "!" & $A$1 Result of formula should be = "Hello World" I would like to be able to do this without creating a macro, any help will be greatly appreciated. Jeff |
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Path Reference in cells
Thank you, I am familiar with indirect, but I'm looking
for a solution that will work with closed files... any more ideas??? -----Original Message----- Hi Jeff, You can do that using INDIRECT. However it won't work if File1.xls is not open. =Indirect(A1 & "!" & $A$1) -- John johnf202 at hotmail dot com "Jeff Coleman" wrote in message ... I'm trying to figure out how to reference the text in a cell that contains a path to a file to use in a subsequent formula. Example: Assume some file is on server in a directory lets say the file is called File1.xls Assume: [File1.xls]!$A$1="Hello World" In Another workbook... Let text in A1= "'\\someserver\directory\[File1.xls]'" Let formula in cell A2= A1$ & "!" & $A$1 Result of formula should be = "Hello World" I would like to be able to do this without creating a macro, any help will be greatly appreciated. Jeff . |
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