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Did you try: &nbsp;OLE1.SourceItem = &quot;Sheet 2!R1C1:R5C5&quot;<br />
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ie. &nbsp;Remove the single quotes.
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Did you try:  OLE1.SourceItem = "Sheet 2!R1C1:R5C5"

ie.  Remove the single quotes.

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As so often there was a double problem. The quotes were indeed wrong (but the spaces are OK). The other problem however, was the length of the total string. Apparently there is some maximum length of about 50 (?) characters.<br />
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So this did not work:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; l_Sheet = &quot;Some rather long sheet name with spaces&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.SourceItem = l_Sheet &amp;&nbsp;&quot;!R1C1:R5C5&quot;<br />
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but this did:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; l_Sheet = &quot;Short name&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.SourceItem = l_Sheet &amp;&nbsp;&quot;!R1C1:R5C5&quot;<br />

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As so often there was a double problem. The quotes were indeed wrong (but the spaces are OK). The other problem however, was the length of the total string. Apparently there is some maximum length of about 50 (?) characters.

So this did not work:
    l_Sheet = "Some rather long sheet name with spaces"
    OLE1.SourceItem = l_Sheet & "!R1C1:R5C5"

but this did:
    l_Sheet = "Short name"
    OLE1.SourceItem = l_Sheet & "!R1C1:R5C5"


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Hi expersts,<br />
<br />
I use the following code from the help file:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.Class = &quot;Excel.Sheet&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.OLETypeAllowed = acOLELinked<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.SourceDoc = &quot;C:\Excel\Oletext.xls&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.SourceItem = &quot;R1C1:R5C5&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; OLE1.Action = acOLECreateLink<br />
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This works just fine except that it I can't figure out how to specify a different sheet as SourceItem<br />
I tried several variations on OLE1.SourceItem = &quot;'Sheet 2'!R1C1:R5C5&quot;, but nothing seems to work.<br />
<br />
Any suggestions?<br />
<br />
thanks,<br />
Michiel
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Hi expersts,

I use the following code from the help file:

    OLE1.Class = "Excel.Sheet"
    OLE1.OLETypeAllowed = acOLELinked
    OLE1.SourceDoc = "C:\Excel\Oletext.xls"
    OLE1.SourceItem = "R1C1:R5C5"
    OLE1.Action = acOLECreateLink

This works just fine except that it I can't figure out how to specify a different sheet as SourceItem
I tried several variations on OLE1.SourceItem = "'Sheet 2'!R1C1:R5C5", but nothing seems to work.

Any suggestions?

thanks,
Michiel

How to link an object to a specific Excel sheet

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