I'm using the "Hyperlink" function in Excel 2007 to open the PDF file associated with a real estate plat. My hyperlink formulat in a cell in row 18 is
- "=hyperlink(f18,c18)"
The name of the PDF to open, stored in cell f18, changes on ocassion. When I first create the hyperlink formula, the link is properly established. If the value stored in f18 changes, however, the value returned by the hyperlink function does not change. For example, if f18 is originally "a50.pdf", the hyperlink function correctly opens document "a50.pdf". If f18 changes to "b24.pdf", the hyperlink function still opens document "a50.pdf". It's as if the hyperlink function establishes the document link when first created and stores that value, but doesn't update or recreate the link when cell f18 changes. Attempts to update the link by recalculating the spreadsheet do not resolve the problem. The only method I've found to establish the correct link once again is to edit the hyperlink, or delete and recreate. Shouldn't the hyperlink read the contents of the "link_location" each time it is clicked?
I would add that the "friendly_name" component of the hyperlink function does update as expected. If I change the name stored in cell c18, the hyperlink function correctly picks up the change and displays the expected new name, as stored in c18.