Definitive file path to a cell location using Excel VBA

Question

I am wondering how to define the specific file path to a cell location using Excel VBA? I am trying to load a value to nCount which is the count in another file in a defined location. So more like assigning the value from a cell to nCount .

nCount = "G:\ABC\[FILE FOR 2016-2017.xlsx]Master!$A$1"

It gives me an error:

Run-time error '13:"; "Type Mismatch

Answer 1

You can get a value from a closed workbook using and Excel4 macro. Here is a typical example:

Sub Sample()
    Dim wbPath As String, wbName As String
    Dim wsName As String, CellRef As String
    Dim Ret As String

    wbPath = "C:\TestFolder\"
    wbName = "ABC.xls"
    wsName = "xxx"
    CellRef = "B9"

    Ret = "'" & wbPath & "[" & wbName & "]" & _
          wsName & "'!" & Range(CellRef).Address(True, True, -4150)

    MsgBox Ret & vbCrLf & ExecuteExcel4Macro(Ret)

End Sub