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Hi! I am needing to pull information from multiple workbooks and have found code from John in one of the EEE newsletters about the GetValue Function that uses ExecuteExcel4Macro.
Now I know nothing about ExecuteExcel4Macro, but this was his code for the GetValue Function taken from: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/eee/eee009.txt
From John:
The GetValue function, listed below takes four arguments:
path: The drive and path to the closed file (e.g., "d:\files")
file: The workbook name (e.g., "99budget.xls")
sheet: The worksheet name (e.g., "Sheet1")
ref: The cell reference (e.g., "C4")
Private Function GetValue(path, file, sheet, range_ref)
' Retrieves a value from a closed workbook
Dim arg As String
' Make sure the file exists
If Right(path, 1) <> "\" Then path = path & "\"
If Dir(path & file) = "" Then
GetValue = "File Not Found"
Exit Function
End If
' Create the argument
arg = "'" & path & "[" & file & "]" & sheet & "'!" & _
Range(range_ref).Range("A1").Address(, , xlR1C1)
' Execute an XLM macro
GetValue = ExecuteExcel4Macro(arg)
End Function
Ok so my question is this, the worksheets in each work book are named differently but all still have the code name of Sheet1. I was wondering if there is a way to use the code name instead of the user defined sheet name? Thanks for you help!!
Now I know nothing about ExecuteExcel4Macro, but this was his code for the GetValue Function taken from: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/eee/eee009.txt
From John:
The GetValue function, listed below takes four arguments:
path: The drive and path to the closed file (e.g., "d:\files")
file: The workbook name (e.g., "99budget.xls")
sheet: The worksheet name (e.g., "Sheet1")
ref: The cell reference (e.g., "C4")
Private Function GetValue(path, file, sheet, range_ref)
' Retrieves a value from a closed workbook
Dim arg As String
' Make sure the file exists
If Right(path, 1) <> "\" Then path = path & "\"
If Dir(path & file) = "" Then
GetValue = "File Not Found"
Exit Function
End If
' Create the argument
arg = "'" & path & "[" & file & "]" & sheet & "'!" & _
Range(range_ref).Range("A1").Address(, , xlR1C1)
' Execute an XLM macro
GetValue = ExecuteExcel4Macro(arg)
End Function
Ok so my question is this, the worksheets in each work book are named differently but all still have the code name of Sheet1. I was wondering if there is a way to use the code name instead of the user defined sheet name? Thanks for you help!!