With the macros below you can find and delete formulas in cells that refers to other workbooks.
The macros doesn't find all external references since they only look in the worksheet formulas.
Sub DeleteOrListLinks()
Dim i As Integer
If ActiveWorkbook Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
i = MsgBox("YES: Delete external formula references" & Chr(13) & _
"NO: List external formula references", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNoCancel, "Delete or list external formula references")
Select Case i
Case vbYes
DeleteExternalFormulaReferences
Case vbNo
ListExternalFormulaReferences
End Select
End Sub
Sub DeleteExternalFormulaReferences()
Dim ws As Worksheet, AWS As String, ConfirmReplace As Boolean
Dim i As Integer, OK As Boolean
If ActiveWorkbook Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
i = MsgBox("Confirm all replacements of external formula references with values?", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNoCancel, "Convert external formula references")
ConfirmReplace = False
If i = vbCancel Then Exit Sub
If i = vbYes Then ConfirmReplace = True
AWS = ActiveSheet.Name
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
OK = DeleteLinksInWS(ConfirmReplace, ws)
If Not OK Then Exit For
Next ws
Set ws = Nothing
Sheets(AWS).Select
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Function DeleteLinksInWS(ConfirmReplace As Boolean, _
ws As Worksheet) As Boolean
Dim cl As Range, cFormula As String, i As Integer
DeleteLinksInWS = True
If ws Is Nothing Then Exit Function
Application.StatusBar = "Deleting external formula references in " & _
ws.Name & "..."
ws.Activate
For Each cl In ws.UsedRange
cFormula = cl.Formula
If Len(cFormula) > 0 Then
If Left$(cFormula, 1) = "=" Then
If InStr(cFormula, "[") > 1 Then
If Not ConfirmReplace Then
cl.Formula = cl.Value
Else
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
cl.Select
i = MsgBox("Replace the formula with the value?", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNoCancel, _
"Replace external formula reference in " & _
cl.Address(False, False, xlA1) & _
" with the cell value?")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
If i = vbCancel Then
DeleteLinksInWS = False
Exit Function
End If
If i = vbYes Then
On Error Resume Next
' in case the worksheet is protected
cl.Formula = cl.Value
On Error GoTo 0
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
Next cl
Set cl = Nothing
Application.StatusBar = False
End Function
Sub ListExternalFormulaReferences()
Dim ws As Worksheet, TargetWS As Worksheet, SourceWB As Workbook
If ActiveWorkbook Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveWorkbook
On Error Resume Next
Set TargetWS = .Worksheets.Add(Before:=.Worksheets(1))
If TargetWS Is Nothing Then ' the workbook is protected
Set SourceWB = ActiveWorkbook
Set TargetWS = Workbooks.Add.Worksheets(1)
SourceWB.Activate
Set SourceWB = Nothing
End If
With TargetWS
.Range("A1").Formula = "Sequence"
.Range("B1").Formula = "Cell"
.Range("C1").Formula = "Formula"
.Range("A1:C1").Font.Bold = True
End With
For Each ws In .Worksheets
If Not ws Is TargetWS Then
ListLinksInWS ws, TargetWS
End If
Next ws
Set ws = Nothing
End With
With TargetWS
.Parent.Activate
.Activate
.Columns("A:C").AutoFit
On Error Resume Next
.Name = "Link List"
On Error GoTo 0
End With
Set TargetWS = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub ListLinksInWS(ws As Worksheet, TargetWS As Worksheet)
Dim cl As Range, cFormula As String, tRow As Long
If ws Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If TargetWS Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application.StatusBar = "Finding external formula references in " & _
ws.Name & "..."
For Each cl In ws.UsedRange
cFormula = cl.Formula
If Len(cFormula) > 0 Then
If Left$(cFormula, 1) = "=" Then
If InStr(cFormula, "[") > 1 Then
With TargetWS
tRow = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1
.Range("A" & tRow).Formula = tRow - 1
.Range("B" & tRow).Formula = ws.Name & "!" & _
cl.Address(False, False, xlA1)
.Range("C" & tRow).Formula = "'" & cFormula
End With
End If
End If
End If
Next cl
Set cl = Nothing
Application.StatusBar = False
End Sub
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