making a non-validation list

[tjb]

OK I need an in-cell drop down (or even a combo box would do...) with values
populated from another workbook that resides on a public server.

Using validation only lets me have an in-cell drop down list with values
populated from a range of cells on the same sheet in the same workbook.

Basically, what I'm doing is my users will have the sheet with the in-cell
drop down list and I want to dynamically control what they see in their drop
down list. I can dynamically control a VLOOKUP using this method but not
their lookup value for the VLOOKUP.

 

[Bob Phillips]

You can use a named range or the INDIRECT function
(=INDIRECT("Sheet8!A1:A10")) to refer to a range on another sheet.

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HTH

RP
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[Bernie Deitrick]

tjb,

Use formulas to pull the list onto the same sheet, and use the range with
the formulas as your validation list.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

 

[tjb]

I'm trying to get this to work but it's not going through. The range is
located on a sheet in a workbook located on a SharePoint server that will be
accessed by all of my users. So the code I have in the validation looks
something like this:

=INDIRECT("http://sharepoint/Payroll/interim_data/interim_data.xls'!A1:A100")

 

[Bob Phillips]

Sorry, it works with another worksheet, but not another, closed workbook.

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HTH

RP
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