User Defined Addin - Urgent Please Help!
 

I have a addin that i have created using Excel 2000.
Within this addin, there is a user defined function, it
returns a value.

Let us assume the addin is in C:\MyAddin. I then open
this addin. From a blank spreadsheet, i call the user
defined funtion (Insert Function). I then save this
spreadsheet in another directory c:\MyReport. If i shut
the report down and re-open is from c:\MyReport, i get
prompted to re-establish links. How can i avoid this
problem. It only seems to work if the my custom addin and
report reside in the same directory.

Please Help!!!!

User Defined Addin - Urgent Please Help!
 

Kirit,

Usually, if the add-in is still open, you should have no trouble. But
you can try setting a reference to the add-in before you save the
file, using Tools | References ...

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Kirit Patel" wrote in message
...
I have a addin that i have created using Excel 2000.
Within this addin, there is a user defined function, it
returns a value.

Let us assume the addin is in C:\MyAddin. I then open
this addin. From a blank spreadsheet, i call the user
defined funtion (Insert Function). I then save this
spreadsheet in another directory c:\MyReport. If i shut
the report down and re-open is from c:\MyReport, i get
prompted to re-establish links. How can i avoid this
problem. It only seems to work if the my custom addin and
report reside in the same directory.

Please Help!!!!

User Defined Addin - Urgent Please Help!
 

Thanks Bernie,

This is what I thought. I thought the whole purpose of an
addin is that you dont need worry about links when calling
functions within it. I have tried in the report workbook
to set a reference but that does't seem to help either?

Any more ideas anyone...


-----Original Message-----
Kirit,

Usually, if the add-in is still open, you should have no
trouble. But
you can try setting a reference to the add-in before you
save the
file, using Tools | References ...

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

"Kirit Patel" wrote
in message
...
I have a addin that i have created using Excel 2000.
Within this addin, there is a user defined function, it
returns a value.

Let us assume the addin is in C:\MyAddin. I then open
this addin. From a blank spreadsheet, i call the user
defined funtion (Insert Function). I then save this
spreadsheet in another directory c:\MyReport. If i shut
the report down and re-open is from c:\MyReport, i get
prompted to re-establish links. How can i avoid this
problem. It only seems to work if the my custom addin
and
report reside in the same directory.

Please Help!!!!


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User Defined Addin - Urgent Please Help!
 

Kirit Patel -

I have a addin that i have created using Excel 2000. Within this addin,
there is a user defined function, it returns a value. Let us assume the
addin is in C:\MyAddin. I then open this addin. From a blank spreadsheet,
i call the user defined funtion (Insert Function). I then save this
spreadsheet in another directory c:\MyReport. If i shut the report down and
re-open is from c:\MyReport, i get prompted to re-establish links. How can
i avoid this problem. It only seems to work if the my custom addin and
report reside in the same directory. <

I don't think there's any way to avoid this problem (unless maybe if your
function is a DLL instead of VBA). What you're seeing is standard behavior
for an add-in user defined function. Look at the cell containing your
function (after you open the workbook without the add-in open), and you'll
see that Excel saves the specific path to where the add-in resided when you
entered the function. I usually advise my users to open such a workbook by
answering No for re-establishing links and then use Edit | Links to
explicitly change the source to the open add-in.

- Mike Middleton, www.usfca.edu/~middleton

User Defined Addin - Urgent Please Help!
 

Thanks Mike for your time...


-----Original Message-----
Kirit Patel -

I have a addin that i have created using Excel 2000.
Within this addin,
there is a user defined function, it returns a value.
Let us assume the
addin is in C:\MyAddin. I then open this addin. From a
blank spreadsheet,
i call the user defined funtion (Insert Function). I
then save this
spreadsheet in another directory c:\MyReport. If i shut
the report down and
re-open is from c:\MyReport, i get prompted to re-
establish links. How can
i avoid this problem. It only seems to work if the my
custom addin and
report reside in the same directory. <

I don't think there's any way to avoid this problem
(unless maybe if your
function is a DLL instead of VBA). What you're seeing is
standard behavior
for an add-in user defined function. Look at the cell
containing your
function (after you open the workbook without the add-in
open), and you'll
see that Excel saves the specific path to where the add-
in resided when you
entered the function. I usually advise my users to open
such a workbook by
answering No for re-establishing links and then use Edit
| Links to
explicitly change the source to the open add-in.

- Mike Middleton, www.usfca.edu/~middleton


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