I have a link from an external Excel file displaying data within my
(current) Excel file.

To make sure I am pulling the latest version of the data and
displaying the timestamp of that
latest data, is there a way to display the timestamp of that external
file within my (current)
spreadsheet?


Many thanks....

(previously posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting)

Put this in a standard module in your workbook:

Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date
Application.Volatile
FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName)
End Function

Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook
=FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") [amend as appropriate]


Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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On Jul 22, 7:17*pm, Bill Manville wrote:
Put this in a standard module in your workbook:

Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date
* Application.Volatile
* FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName)
End Function

Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook
=FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") *[amend as appropriate]

Thanks, Bill, but for some reason I get a "#NAME?" error after pasting
the function
in the VB editor for that sheet, and putting the "=FileDate()" in a
cell in my workbook.
Suggestions? I am in an office with MS Office permissions tightly
controlled, so I cannot
download add-ins or install new software without Helpdesk
intervention.

Did you put the function in a General module?
Did you allow macros to run when you opened the workbook?

And you did really put the full path to the other file in your formula, right?

=FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls")

wrote:

On Jul 22, 7:17 pm, Bill Manville wrote:
Put this in a standard module in your workbook:

Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date
Application.Volatile
FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName)
End Function

Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook
=FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") [amend as appropriate]

Thanks, Bill, but for some reason I get a "#NAME?" error after pasting
the function
in the VB editor for that sheet, and putting the "=FileDate()" in a
cell in my workbook.
Suggestions? I am in an office with MS Office permissions tightly
controlled, so I cannot
download add-ins or install new software without Helpdesk
intervention.

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Dave Peterson