Excel VBA Macro to create a drop down list

I have an excel macro that creates a validation drop down list. It does basically what I want but I would really like it to get the drop down list values from cells in another workbook. Right now it get the list from within the Macro therefore it is a fixed list that you have to edit the macro to change. Here is what it looks like now.

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I want to be able to get a list from a file called Vendor.xls, in sheet 1 from cells A1:A30.

Or even if it could be pulled from a list in a different worksheet within the active workbook.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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