Hy,

If you have any idea please answer, and don't worry
if you could help me on few items. Here there is
a series of issue where I get some problems

I have a worksheet named "temp.xls"

Using the conditional formatting to compare worksheets
with this kind of formula in "sheet1":

=A1<INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(A1),COLUMN(A1),4,TRUE,"S heet2"))

when I save as ... the file "temp.xls" - "temp01.xls" and close it.
When I reopen it again I get a big big error
"Excel sends report error ..." and whatever...

And I have to restart Excel, delete all the conditional
formatting reopen it and the file work normally.

I think, there is a bug in excel with this kind of
conditional formatting because I suspect that excel store
some where links to the original workbook name (?).

You know this beautiful and impossible to find Phantom link.

So when I reopen the renamed book excel can't find
the old book and I get the Big error alert!


The best would be to recreate in the Sub Workbook_Open()
the conditional Formatting, but, in doing this I have
another problem ... I loose flexibility

The conditional formatting accept only formula in local language (on
this point, maybe I'm wrong?) so: ROW in Italy is "rif.riga", in
France is "ligne", and so on.

Where I can find a "international dictionary" of excel formula? And I
know only one way to get the regional setting of excel,
maybe you know a better one?

I write in a cell .formula="=sum(1,2)" and I read it
to find Somma -- Italian; Sum -- English, ...

Maybe is better to do my own conditional formatting SUB?
Do you think there will be a lack of performances?
Or you know a fast way to replicate it by code?

Resuming:

1) conditional formatting instability
Have you ever experienced this? Do you know any work around?

2) The conditional formatting accept only formula in local language if
yes,
3) international dictionary and to how to get local formula language?

4) to Sub or not to Sub?

ty,

Lorenzo