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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open file
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file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open file
You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work
with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33*pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i
want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
I've used INDIRECT_EXT and it appears to open the file each time the function
is calculated. I had a bunch of calculations accessing a file over a network so that wasn't the most efficient way to do things. It did get be started thinking about macros though. Barb Reinhardt "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
You've got to get the formulas just right.
What exactly are you trying to do? Give an example of the cell ID and what's in it Thanks, Barb Reinhardt "dh13134" wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
Well, I don't use it so I can't comment on it, but there have been
favourable comments on other threads. Another common reference to this type of problem is Harlan Grove's Pull function - I'm sure you'll find references to it if you do a Google search of the Excel groups. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 11:28*pm, dh13134 wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
i need the text contents of a cell to be used in a formula (one the same
sheet), to return the contents of a closed file....sooo...in my earlier example, my "formula" will display the contents of one of my 2 files, depending on the TEXT in cell A1. i can get the structure to work how it is designed to work, but i can't get the formula to reflect a change when i change cell A1 - i have to actually change the formula ITSELF to include "ABC" or "XYZ" in the formula. i don't want to change the formula itself, i want the formula to be changed based on what is in my other cell. simplified (hopefully): if choose.xls cell A1 = ABC, then cell A2 would be ~~=ABC.xls!A1 (5) if choose.xls cell A1 = XYZ, then cell A2 would be ~~=XYZ.xls!A1 (10) thanks -- dh13134 "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: You've got to get the formulas just right. What exactly are you trying to do? Give an example of the cell ID and what's in it Thanks, Barb Reinhardt "dh13134" wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
You need to reference a sheet name as well. if ABC is the file name then you
need a sheet name. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "dh13134" wrote in message ... i need the text contents of a cell to be used in a formula (one the same sheet), to return the contents of a closed file....sooo...in my earlier example, my "formula" will display the contents of one of my 2 files, depending on the TEXT in cell A1. i can get the structure to work how it is designed to work, but i can't get the formula to reflect a change when i change cell A1 - i have to actually change the formula ITSELF to include "ABC" or "XYZ" in the formula. i don't want to change the formula itself, i want the formula to be changed based on what is in my other cell. simplified (hopefully): if choose.xls cell A1 = ABC, then cell A2 would be ~~=ABC.xls!A1 (5) if choose.xls cell A1 = XYZ, then cell A2 would be ~~=XYZ.xls!A1 (10) thanks -- dh13134 "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: You've got to get the formulas just right. What exactly are you trying to do? Give an example of the cell ID and what's in it Thanks, Barb Reinhardt "dh13134" wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
Plus the whole path
=INDIRECT.EXT("'C:\Documents and Settings\psjoblom\Desktop\["&A1&".xls]Sheet1'!A1") using my desktop -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You need to reference a sheet name as well. if ABC is the file name then you need a sheet name. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "dh13134" wrote in message ... i need the text contents of a cell to be used in a formula (one the same sheet), to return the contents of a closed file....sooo...in my earlier example, my "formula" will display the contents of one of my 2 files, depending on the TEXT in cell A1. i can get the structure to work how it is designed to work, but i can't get the formula to reflect a change when i change cell A1 - i have to actually change the formula ITSELF to include "ABC" or "XYZ" in the formula. i don't want to change the formula itself, i want the formula to be changed based on what is in my other cell. simplified (hopefully): if choose.xls cell A1 = ABC, then cell A2 would be ~~=ABC.xls!A1 (5) if choose.xls cell A1 = XYZ, then cell A2 would be ~~=XYZ.xls!A1 (10) thanks -- dh13134 "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: You've got to get the formulas just right. What exactly are you trying to do? Give an example of the cell ID and what's in it Thanks, Barb Reinhardt "dh13134" wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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reference a closed filed from a cell and formula in an open fi
IT WORKS!!! Thanks very much for you help!! i've been working on this off
and on for months. CASE CLOSED!! -- dh13134 "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: Plus the whole path =INDIRECT.EXT("'C:\Documents and Settings\psjoblom\Desktop\["&A1&".xls]Sheet1'!A1") using my desktop -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You need to reference a sheet name as well. if ABC is the file name then you need a sheet name. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "dh13134" wrote in message ... i need the text contents of a cell to be used in a formula (one the same sheet), to return the contents of a closed file....sooo...in my earlier example, my "formula" will display the contents of one of my 2 files, depending on the TEXT in cell A1. i can get the structure to work how it is designed to work, but i can't get the formula to reflect a change when i change cell A1 - i have to actually change the formula ITSELF to include "ABC" or "XYZ" in the formula. i don't want to change the formula itself, i want the formula to be changed based on what is in my other cell. simplified (hopefully): if choose.xls cell A1 = ABC, then cell A2 would be ~~=ABC.xls!A1 (5) if choose.xls cell A1 = XYZ, then cell A2 would be ~~=XYZ.xls!A1 (10) thanks -- dh13134 "Barb Reinhardt" wrote: You've got to get the formulas just right. What exactly are you trying to do? Give an example of the cell ID and what's in it Thanks, Barb Reinhardt "dh13134" wrote: i've tried for the past 45 minutes and can't seem to get it to do what i want. it DOES reference closed files, but varying the formula based on another cell value still doesn't work out. thanks any other suggestions would be welcome.... -- dh13134 "Pete_UK" wrote: You would normally use INDIRECT to do this. However, it does not work with closed files. There is a free add-in, morefunc, which contains the function INDIRECT.EXT - this is meant to work with closed files, so perhaps you can download that and give it a try. Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 5, 10:33 pm, dh13134 wrote: scenario: file ABC.xls has the number 5 in A1 (a closed file) file XYZ.xls has the number 10 in A1 (a closed file) file choose.xls (an open file) has EITHER ABC or XYZ in cell A1 and ~some formula in A2 i need a formula for cell A2 (choose.xls) that will display EITHER 5 or 10 in A2, depending on what is in cell A1 (EITHER ABC or XYZ)?? thanks -- dh13134 |
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