Custom Functions

[Guest]

I have several functions in my personal workbook. Is there a way to call
these functions without using the "PERSONAL.XLS!" tag in front of it?

so instead of using
=PERSONAL.XLS!newfunction(A1)
I would like to be able to use
=newfunction(A1)
without copying the VBA function into the current workbook.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Not really.

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[Dave Peterson]

If you save your personal.xls workbook as an addin (also in XLStart) and move
personal.xls out of XLStart, you can use formulas like this.

But if you have macros (subroutines) in personal.xls that you run via
Tools|macro|macros, you'll have to do more work.

Either give the user a nice interface to get to the macros--on the menubar or a
toolbar????

Or break apart your personal.xls into (at least) two files.

One with the UDF's and one with the Subs.

You can keep them both in your XLStart folder.

(I put all my stuff into personal.xla and add to the worksheet menubar.)

For additions to the worksheet menu bar, I really like the way John Walkenbach
does it in his menumaker workbook:
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip53.htm

Here's how I do it when I want a toolbar:
http://www.contextures.com/xlToolbar02.html
(from Debra Dalgleish's site)

 

[Gord Dibben]

Sloth

Not possible.

What works best is to save your Personal.xls as an Add-in and load it through
Tools>Add-ins.

Then you won't have to precede the UDF with a workbook name.

Just enter as =newfunction(A1)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Dave Peterson]

Another way (I wouldn't use it as a general solution, though) is to go into the
VBE and use Tools|references to that personal.xls workbook.

But this would require that every workbook that you want to use these functions
(without the workbook name) would have to have a reference to this
personal.xls's project.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I geuss you knew what I wanted even though I didn't know how to ask
for it.

I ended up copying the module that contained the functions to a new file and
saved that file as an addin. I then removed the module from the personal
workbook. That way I can still use the macros in personal (I have already
setup a toolbar for them). The end result is what I wanted. Are there any
problems I might run into doing it this way?