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Default OFFSET: Returns error when used to a linked file

Arturo wrote...
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The problem I'm experiencing is that the cells in File A shows
#REF if the file B is closed. Is there any parameter in Excel to
prevent this? (I dig in every single option an none of them
works). Or, is there any alternative function to OFFSET to bring a
whole column as array having a dynamic parameter?

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There is no option or parameter than avoids the #REF! error. OFFSET
can return only references to ranges, and ranges usables as such exist
only in open files.

There are likely to be workarounds, but you need to provide your
current formula for others to respond with what would work best. But I
can say that references into closed workbooks are returned as arrays,
and through Excel 2003 arrays can't span entire columns. Do you really
need all rows from 1 to 65536? If you have column/field headings in
row 1, you'd need at most rows 2 to 65536.

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