Path to Lookup from another document

Boethius1 · Jan 15, 2006

Hi, first post ever ever! Can you help?

When using worksheet "A" I want an equation to look at one cel
reference in worksheet "B" searching for same reference and pul
information through. Worksheet "B" may not be open when lookup needs t
operate

Bob Phillips · Jan 15, 2006

Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select the cell, then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

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Boethius1 · Jan 15, 2006

Bob said:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select the cell
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an automati
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not working, an
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Cod
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within th
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will pul
through the text from column 3

ERR229 · Jan 15, 2006

The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and you're missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" to avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

Boethius1 said:
Bob said:

Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select the cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not working, any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will pull
through the text from column 3.

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Boethius1 · Jan 15, 2006

Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.

Have simplified path to

=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Se
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes the C
drive and folder path from equation to leave

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

Very confusing!

Thanks for the BTW but first things first!

Thanks, Sharon

----------------------

Boethius1 said:
The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and you'r
missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" t
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

Boethius1 said:

Bob said:

Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select th cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not working any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\Ne Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 withi the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it wil pull
through the text from column 3.

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Peo Sjoblom · Jan 15, 2006

That's because the workbook you lookup in is open, if you close it you'll
get the full path

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

Boethius1 said:
Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.

Have simplified path to

=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Set
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes the C:
drive and folder path from equation to leave

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

Very confusing!

Thanks for the BTW but first things first!

Thanks, Sharon

----------------------

The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and you're
missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" to
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

Boethius1 said:

Bob Phillips Wrote:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select the cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not working, any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will pull
through the text from column 3.

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Boethius1 · Jan 15, 2006

Thanks Peo, that makes sense. However problem remains the equation i
still not pulling through required information.

Any ideas?

Thanks

--------------

Peo said:
That's because the workbook you lookup in is open, if you close i
you'll
get the full path

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

"Boethius1" <[email protected]
wrote in
message news:[email protected]...

Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.

Have simplified path to

=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Set
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes the C:
drive and folder path from equation to leave

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

Very confusing!

Thanks for the BTW but first things first!

Thanks, Sharon

----------------------

The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place an you're
missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\Ne Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\Ne Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" to
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\Ne Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

:

Bob Phillips Wrote:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, selec the
cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want a automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is no working,
any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within
the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will
pull
through the text from column 3.

--
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Peo Sjoblom · Jan 15, 2006

Can you do this test, open both workbooks, then use

=C10= go to the other work book and click on the cell that is supposedly a
match, then press enter.

If you get FALSE there might be things like trailing or leading spaces, if
imported from the web there might be invisible line feed like char 160

Also use ,0 after the 3 (column index) like

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,0)

or FALSE like in (0 is the same as FALSE in this case)

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,FALSE)

that way your formula looks for an exact match (I believe this was mentioned
by an earlier poster) and can explain unexpected errors

Post back if you get FALSE with the comparison cell to cell

=C10=[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4

replace C4 with the cell you are sure is a match in the lookup workbook

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

Boethius1 said:
Thanks Peo, that makes sense. However problem remains the equation is
still not pulling through required information.

Any ideas?

Thanks

--------------

Peo said:

That's because the workbook you lookup in is open, if you close it
you'll
get the full path

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

"Boethius1" <[email protected]>
wrote in
message news:[email protected]...

Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.

Have simplified path to

=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Set
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes the C:
drive and folder path from equation to leave

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

Very confusing!

Thanks for the BTW but first things first!

Thanks, Sharon

----------------------

ERR229 Wrote:
The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and you're
missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" to
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

:

Bob Phillips Wrote:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select the
cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not working,
any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within
the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will
pull
through the text from column 3.

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Boethius1 · Jan 18, 2006

Hi and thanks, problem is sorted. Think it might have been the "FALSE
addition but I have a feeling it was more to do with me walking awa
from the problem for a couple of days!! Being self-trained on excel
am sure it could get it to work a lot harder for me if I knew what
was doing!
Thanks again, I am working on my next problem.

--------------------

Peo said:
Can you do this test, open both workbooks, then use

=C10= go to the other work book and click on the cell that i
supposedly a
match, then press enter.

If you get FALSE there might be things like trailing or leading spaces
if
imported from the web there might be invisible line feed like char 160

Also use ,0 after the 3 (column index) like

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,0)

or FALSE like in (0 is the same as FALSE in this case)

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,FALSE)

that way your formula looks for an exact match (I believe this wa
mentioned
by an earlier poster) and can explain unexpected errors

Post back if you get FALSE with the comparison cell to cell

=C10=[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4

replace C4 with the cell you are sure is a match in the looku
workbook

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

"Boethius1" <[email protected]
wrote
in messag

Thanks Peo, that makes sense. However problem remains the equatio is
still not pulling through required information.

Any ideas?

Thanks

--------------

Peo said:

That's because the workbook you lookup in is open, if you close it
you'll
get the full path

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon

"Boethius1" <[email protected]>
wrote in
messag
Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.

Have simplified path to

=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Set
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes th C:
drive and folder path from equation to leave

=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

Very confusing!

Thanks for the BTW but first things first!

Thanks, Sharon

----------------------

ERR229 Wrote:
The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and
you're
missing
a comma:

You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)

BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false to
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)

Hope this helps.
--
ERR229

:

Bob Phillips Wrote:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select
the
cell,
then
Enter.

Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.

...................

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!

with that method I am still doing the search, I want an
automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not
working,
any
ideas why path is wrong?

=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)

With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within
the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will
pull
through the text from column 3.

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