I have a client that creates Excel reports by using links to a large master
spreadsheet. The reports are constantly changing and needless to say the
process of checking to be sure that the links are referencing the right cells
in the master sheet is a painful task.

I am looking for a way to list the external references in worksheet formulas
to a text file that I can import into Access. I can then match these
references against a table of cell references in the master table.

I could use some help with this - my VBA experience is primarily in Access.
Is there an easier way to do the same thing?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Scott


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Scott S

the code below finds all formulas on Sheet1 and saves the cell location and
formula in a text file.


Sub saveformulas()

Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 3

Const TristateUseDefault = -2, TristateTrue = -1, TristateFalse = 0

Set fswrite = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Folder = ThisWorkbook.Path

ChDir (Folder)
FName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename( _
fileFilter:="Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

If FName < False Then
fswrite.CreateTextFile FName
Set fwrite = fswrite.GetFile(FName)
Set tswrite = fwrite.OpenAsTextStream(ForWriting, TristateUseDefault)

With Sheets("Sheet1")
Set Allformulas = _
.Cells.SpecialCells(Type:=xlCellTypeFormulas)
For Each cell In Allformulas
tswrite.writeline _
cell.Address & "," & cell.Formula
Next cell
End With
End If

End Sub


"ScottS" wrote:

I have a client that creates Excel reports by using links to a large master
spreadsheet. The reports are constantly changing and needless to say the
process of checking to be sure that the links are referencing the right cells
in the master sheet is a painful task.

I am looking for a way to list the external references in worksheet formulas
to a text file that I can import into Access. I can then match these
references against a table of cell references in the master table.

I could use some help with this - my VBA experience is primarily in Access.
Is there an easier way to do the same thing?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Scott


--
Scott S

Depending on your data structure, you may be able to benefit from my
freely-available workbook comparison utility. It can compare cell values or
formulas and produces an Excel report of the differences. You can compare
one or more columns and map them to any other columns in another worksheet.

www.higherdata.com


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Tim Zych
www.higherdata.com
Compare data in workbooks and find differences with Workbook Compare
A free, powerful, flexible Excel utility

"ScottS" wrote in message
...
I have a client that creates Excel reports by using links to a large master
spreadsheet. The reports are constantly changing and needless to say the
process of checking to be sure that the links are referencing the right
cells
in the master sheet is a painful task.

I am looking for a way to list the external references in worksheet
formulas
to a text file that I can import into Access. I can then match these
references against a table of cell references in the master table.

I could use some help with this - my VBA experience is primarily in
Access.
Is there an easier way to do the same thing?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Scott


--
Scott S