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Excel DDE Embedded reference

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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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Rgonzo1971
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Hi,
pls try
=INDIRECT("=RSLINX|"&A1&"!"&A2)

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SimonEngineer

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Unfortunately this is not working for me. Here is the code that does not work:
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SimonEngineer

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This is the code that does work:
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