using indirect function in Excel

Question

I am using indirect function to create a link into another closed workbook. The objective is to retrieve the values without opening the workbook. I have used the following in on

Answer 1

Both workbooks must be open and Excel is very fussy about the syntax:

=INDIRECT("'C:\TestFolder[ABC.xls]NewName'!B" & A1)

(double quote) (single quote) (path name) (bracket) (file name) (close bracket) (!) (cell address) (double quote)