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Displaying File Timestamp of Another Excel File
I have a link from an external Excel file displaying data within my
(current) Excel file. To make sure I am pulling the latest version of the data and displaying the timestamp of that latest data, is there a way to display the timestamp of that external file within my (current) spreadsheet? Many thanks.... (previously posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting) |
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Displaying File Timestamp of Another Excel File
Put this in a standard module in your workbook:
Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date Application.Volatile FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName) End Function Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook =FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") [amend as appropriate] Bill Manville MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England No email replies please - respond to newsgroup |
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Displaying File Timestamp of Another Excel File
On Jul 22, 7:17*pm, Bill Manville wrote:
Put this in a standard module in your workbook: Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date * Application.Volatile * FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName) End Function Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook =FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") *[amend as appropriate] Thanks, Bill, but for some reason I get a "#NAME?" error after pasting the function in the VB editor for that sheet, and putting the "=FileDate()" in a cell in my workbook. Suggestions? I am in an office with MS Office permissions tightly controlled, so I cannot download add-ins or install new software without Helpdesk intervention. |
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Displaying File Timestamp of Another Excel File
Did you put the function in a General module?
Did you allow macros to run when you opened the workbook? And you did really put the full path to the other file in your formula, right? =FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") wrote: On Jul 22, 7:17 pm, Bill Manville wrote: Put this in a standard module in your workbook: Function FileDate(FileName As String) As Date Application.Volatile FileDate = FileDateTime(FileName) End Function Put this in a cell in a worksheet in your workbook =FileDate("C:\Temp\MyFile.xls") [amend as appropriate] Thanks, Bill, but for some reason I get a "#NAME?" error after pasting the function in the VB editor for that sheet, and putting the "=FileDate()" in a cell in my workbook. Suggestions? I am in an office with MS Office permissions tightly controlled, so I cannot download add-ins or install new software without Helpdesk intervention. -- Dave Peterson |
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