VBA using a formula in text to display

[Jimbola]

I am trying to set the Hyperlink texttodisplay property in VBA to a formula to return a cell value from a different sheet using INDRECT, the code I am using is;

TextToDisplay:="=INDIRECT(""'"" & R6C1 & ""'!A1"")"

The formula will go into cell B6 so "R6C1" refers to A6.

But this does not return anything, the cell contains the correct link but appears empty. How can I correct the formula, ideally I would like to use Relative References. Thanks.

 

[tdh777]

Hi Jimboola,

First, thanks for teaching me something new ! I didn't know you could put a dynamic formula into Hyperlink TextToDisplay.. I thought it was fixed text !

But in terms of your specific problem, when using R1C1 references in an INDIRECT() function you must add the 2nd parameter ,FALSE otherwise INDIRECT assumes you are using normal A1 style references. ie

[COLOR=#333333]TextToDisplay:="=INDIRECT(""'"" & R6C1 & ""'!A1"",FALSE)"[/COLOR]

And of course, for consistency, you might need to change the !A1 to !R1C1 to get the desired result once using relative references.

Cheers,

Warren K.