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Unwanted Change to File Name in Link
I have posted this in excel.misc but this seems to be a better fit.
Apologies for the duplicate Post I have an Excel workbook (Call it A) that extracts version informaton from a series of templates. However if one of those templates is used to create a workbook whilst workbook A is open, then the filename in the link changes to the daughter woorkbook. This is unwanted. I have a work around . By making workbook A a template, the derived workbooks change as described above but are discarded and the original version is retained. I find this inelegant. Anyone able to explain the behaviour (or is it a feature ) Nick |
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On Apr 28, 5:42*pm, Bill Manville wrote:
I agree the behaviour does not seem to have any obvious merit, but it seems to have been like that from Excel 2002 to 2007 inclusive, at least - and probably since the beginning of time. * It is unlikely that it will be changed since it could potentially break existing applications. *However I will post the question on a Microsoft site where the developers will have the opportunity to review it and possibly comment. Meanwhile you have one work-around. I guess another possibility would be to make the source workbooks not be templates but just standard xls files - if that doesn't cause you problems elsewhere. Not an option but thanks for the thought. Bill Manville MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England No email replies please - respond to newsgroup Thanks Bill it just surprised Nick |
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Unwanted Change to File Name in Link
I agree the behaviour does not seem to have any obvious merit, but it
seems to have been like that from Excel 2002 to 2007 inclusive, at least - and probably since the beginning of time. It is unlikely that it will be changed since it could potentially break existing applications. However I will post the question on a Microsoft site where the developers will have the opportunity to review it and possibly comment. Meanwhile you have one work-around. I guess another possibility would be to make the source workbooks not be templates but just standard xls files - if that doesn't cause you problems elsewhere. Bill Manville MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England No email replies please - respond to newsgroup |
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