Hi.
I faced strange behaviour of cells' values that are set as links to other workbook in the following manner:
='\\servername\foldername\[ExternalSource.xlsx]Sheet1'!A1
In general, there are 3 workbooks. One of them is external source which I refer to in way I've mentioned above. Other workbooks contains plenty of cells refering to exactly the same external source's cells in the way I've described above.
The problem occurs when I try to open these two workbooks simulteniously. One of them contains obsolete data, that were not updated via "Update Values".
So when I have already opened Wworkbook with actual data and then open WB with obsolete data, the values of the cells common to both workbooks, become obsolete.
However, it also works in opposite direciton. When I have already opened workbook with obsolete values, opening WB with actual data leads to updating values in obsolete WB.
WorkSheet change event doesn't catch the moment when common values become obsolete, because cells' formulas do not change. Surprisingly, disabling links update doesn't help as well.
The only workaround solution I came up with was recalculating these common cells' values each time user opened the specific worksheet. However, it takes time which is not user-friendly.
Is there any other ways to tackle this issue?
I faced strange behaviour of cells' values that are set as links to other workbook in the following manner:
='\\servername\foldername\[ExternalSource.xlsx]Sheet1'!A1
In general, there are 3 workbooks. One of them is external source which I refer to in way I've mentioned above. Other workbooks contains plenty of cells refering to exactly the same external source's cells in the way I've described above.
The problem occurs when I try to open these two workbooks simulteniously. One of them contains obsolete data, that were not updated via "Update Values".
So when I have already opened Wworkbook with actual data and then open WB with obsolete data, the values of the cells common to both workbooks, become obsolete.
However, it also works in opposite direciton. When I have already opened workbook with obsolete values, opening WB with actual data leads to updating values in obsolete WB.
WorkSheet change event doesn't catch the moment when common values become obsolete, because cells' formulas do not change. Surprisingly, disabling links update doesn't help as well.
The only workaround solution I came up with was recalculating these common cells' values each time user opened the specific worksheet. However, it takes time which is not user-friendly.
Is there any other ways to tackle this issue?
