Excel DDE Embedded reference

Hi Folks
I have the following DDE link in a cell in a spreadsheet:

=RSLINX|TOPIC_NAME!TAG_NAME

This works correctly :-)

Is it possible to get the topic and tag names from another cell ?
Something like:

=RSLINX| & Sheet1.Range("A1") & "!" & Sheet1.Range("A2")

Regards Simon
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Rgonzo1971Commented:
Hi,
pls try
=INDIRECT("=RSLINX|"&A1&"!"&A2)

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Regards
SimonEngineerAuthor Commented:
Unfortunately this is not working for me. Here is the code that does not work:
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SimonEngineerAuthor Commented:
This is the code that does work:
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SimonEngineerAuthor Commented:
I have found a method of doing it that works for my application.
By putting the string creation into a sub and running it at startup it works correctly.

Sub MakeDDEFormulas()

    Sheet2.Cells(2, 3).Formula = "=RSLINX|" & Sheet1.Cells(2, 2) & "!" & Sheet1.Cells(2, 1) & ".I2.IP001"

End Sub

The important difference about embedding the code into a cell as opposed to running a VBA function is that once the DDE is embedded into the cell it becomes an active link and updates automatically when the values in the source change.
For my application I am not continually changing the tag name in the spreadsheet but using a separate workbook for each instance that I need to read data from, this now allows me to enter the Tag and Topic values only once for each worksheet.

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