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Default External table/range reference trouble

Does anyone know how we can create an external reference from a string value
"pointing" to the external table?

Example
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A1=my_internal_table (content is text)
A2='C:\EXCELFILE.xls'!my_external_table (content is again text)

index(my_internal_table;2;1) --- works
index(indirect(A1);2;1) --- produces same result as previous
index('C:\EXCELFILE.xls'!my_external_table;2;1) --- works
index(indirect(A2);2;1) --- does not work (#REF!)

 
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