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Open file specified in Excel cell

Open file specified in Excel cell

Open file specified in Excel cell

(OP)
Hello All,

I have a rather silly question on VBA/Excel:

In Excel, I have a sheet name specified in cell A1. Say the content of A1 reads myXLworkbook.xls

Now, what I would like to do is open this workbook (myXLworkbook.xls) from VBA. Currently, I use:

Workbooks.Open Filename:="X:\myXLworkbook.xls"

However, this is not excatly what I want, since, I would like to change the contents of cell A1 to say myXLworkbook2.xls and would want VBA to now open this workbook.

How does one achieve this?

I hope my question is clear.

Best Wishes,

XLNew

RE: Open file specified in Excel cell

Just change

"X:\myXLworkbook.xls"

to

Range("A1")

or

Cells(1, 1)

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

RE: Open file specified in Excel cell

(OP)
Hello,

Thanks very much. I got it!

Best Wishes,

XLNew.

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