How to define file directory in VBA

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

I'm right now learning VBA in excel by myself. As we know in excel we can put a file directory in a function to link one value in a file to another. Say for example when in a cell we can do this

B2 ='C:\directory\[filename.xlsx]sheetname'!A1

How can I put this into a VBA script? Ultimately how can I pre-define "directory", "filename", "sheetname" and even cell position say something like

directory = "myfolder\myfolder2\.."
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manpreet 2 years ago

Given you are learning you would do it something like this

Note that the code tests for the filepath being valid

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[b2] = "='" & strPath & "[" & strFile & "]" & strSht & "'!" & strCell
[b2].Copy [b3:com/tag/b4">b4]

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Sub Test()

Dim strPath As String
Dim strFile As String
Dim strSht As String
Dim strCell As String

strSht = "Sheet2"
strCell = "A1"

strPath = "C:\temp\"
strFile = "test.xlsx"

If Len(Dir(strPath & strFile)) > 0 Then
    [b2] = "='" & strPath & "[" & strFile & "]" & strSht & "'!" & strCell
Else
    MsgBox "invalid file", vbCritical
End If

End Sub

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