How to access a closed Excel Workbook using vlookup vba

Question

I\'m trying to create a Excel VBA macro that uses VLOOKUP to access a range of cells in a closed workbook. I\'m not too good at using the VBA editor, but it doesn\'t seem to sho

Answer 1

Reference from Siddharth Rout's comments.

The main problem in your code is this line:

strFormula = "=VLOOKUP(currentWs.Range("B2"),'Macintosh HD:Users:myself:Documents:l[Master_Terms_Users.xlsm]Master_Terms_Users.csv'!A1:B222,2,false)"

because of this code currentWs.Range("B2"). We know that you want to indicate Range("B2") of Current Sheet(same sheet). So, you can use as follow:

strFormula = "=VLOOKUP(B2,'Macintosh HD:Users:myself:Documents:l[Master_Terms_Users.xlsm]Master_Terms_Users.csv'!A1:B‌​222,2,false)"

Why? It can use just B2 because you set formula to a cell which is in the same sheet. So, it is not need to indicate the Sheet Name.

And If you want to set a cell which is from other sheet, you need to indicate Sheet Name in that case. So, should use as follow:

strFormula = "=VLOOKUP(" & currentWs.name & "!B2,'Macintosh HD:Users:myself:Documents:l[Master_Terms_Users.xlsm]Master_Terms_Users.csv'!A1:B222,2,false)"