hyperlink with cell value as part of address

I have what is hopefully a simple request, but was unable to get enough specific help with only the search function to complete this task myself.

What I have:
I have a vendor-supplied bill of materials spreadsheet with part numbers in a column. I want to single-click select any cell containing a drawing number, then click one "button" with a hyperlink to open the pdf drawing, based on the value of the selected active cell.

For the following example, the text displayed in the cell is "1234567" and is the part number. My current hyperlink looks like this:
"http://cad.company.com/vault/AccessFile.asp?DrawingID=1234567&Source=FM&FileType=PDF"

My question(s) is/are:
What is the proper syntax to obtain the active cell value and replace it in the hyperlink? Is it even possible?


I know I could set up separate hyperlinks for each cell, but I would like to do it this way to save time and reduce errors. (I do not know VBA, yet.)

Thanks!

Hi chevee55

Try this with in A1 the number

=HYPERLINK("http://cad.company.com/vault/AccessFile.asp?DrawingID=" & A1 &"&Source=FM&FileType=PDF")


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"chevee55" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I have what is hopefully a simple request, but was unable to get enough
> specific help with only the search function to complete this task
> myself.
>
> What I have:
> I have a vendor-supplied bill of materials spreadsheet with part
> numbers in a column. I want to single-click select any cell containing
> a drawing number, then click one "button" with a hyperlink to open the
> pdf drawing, based on the value of the selected active cell.
>
> For the following example, the text displayed in the cell is "1234567"
> and is the part number. My current hyperlink looks like this:
> "http://cad.company.com/vault/AccessFile.asp?DrawingID=1234567&Source=FM&FileType=PDF"
>
> My question(s) is/are:
> What is the proper syntax to obtain the active cell value and replace
> it in the hyperlink? Is it even possible?
>
>
> I know I could set up separate hyperlinks for each cell, but I would
> like to do it this way to save time and reduce errors. (I do not know
> VBA, yet.)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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> chevee55
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I would remove the hyperlink from that cell and use this in the cell to its
right:

=hyperlink("http://cad.company.com/vault/AccessFile.asp?DrawingID=" & A1
& "&Source=FM&FileType=PDF", A1)

(all one cell)

chevee55 wrote:
>
> I have what is hopefully a simple request, but was unable to get enough
> specific help with only the search function to complete this task
> myself.
>
> What I have:
> I have a vendor-supplied bill of materials spreadsheet with part
> numbers in a column. I want to single-click select any cell containing
> a drawing number, then click one "button" with a hyperlink to open the
> pdf drawing, based on the value of the selected active cell.
>
> For the following example, the text displayed in the cell is "1234567"
> and is the part number. My current hyperlink looks like this:
> "http://cad.company.com/vault/AccessFile.asp?DrawingID=1234567&Source=FM&FileType=PDF"
>
> My question(s) is/are:
> What is the proper syntax to obtain the active cell value and replace
> it in the hyperlink? Is it even possible?
>
> I know I could set up separate hyperlinks for each cell, but I would
> like to do it this way to save time and reduce errors. (I do not know
> VBA, yet.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> chevee55
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> chevee55's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32309
> View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=520645

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Dave Peterson

Thank you for the replies, and it coincides with my search results. I had tried it, but the cell call-out gets converted to "%22%20&%20A1%20&%20%22", so the hyperlink fails.

However, I will clarify my question further, in that I want the hyperlink to be variable, to handle whatever cell I select. It would automatically "grab" the contents of the active cell that I have single-clicked on, and make that part of the hyperlink path.
Is that possible without resorting to VBA?

I don't think so.



chevee55 wrote:
>
> Thank you for the replies, and it coincides with my search results. I
> had tried it, but the cell call-out gets converted to
> "%22%20&%20A1%20&%20%22", so the hyperlink fails.
>
> However, I will clarify my question further, in that I want the
> hyperlink to be variable, to handle whatever cell I select. It would
> automatically "grab" the contents of the active cell that I have
> single-clicked on, and make that part of the hyperlink path.
> Is that possible without resorting to VBA?
>
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> chevee55
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