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XL3DynamicPicture

Revision as of 16:28, 22 July 2011 by Colin Overton (talk) (Example)

Updates a Picture or Pictures to an image on the internet.

This allows you to display an Picture based on a parameter in Excel. For example if a report is driven by a Store parameter, you could use this to display a picture of the store.

This function is primarily for use in reports published to the web where images update automatically. In Excel you can force a refresh of the images by using the XLCubed -> Extra -> Refresh Dynamic Pictures menu option.

Syntax

XL3DynamicPicture( PictureName, Url )

Parameters

Parameter Description
PictureName Name of the Picture to update. If several Pictures have the same name they will all be updated.
Url Web address of the image to use, in the form http://www.example.com/logo.jpg.

Example

You can setup a named image by inserting a picture using the standard Excel menu option.

Next set the Picture name by right-clicking it, and selecting properties. The name goes in the "Alt Text" box.

DynamicPicture SetName.png

Finally set up a formula, e.g.

=XL3DynamicPicture("MyLogo"; "http://www.example.com/logo.jpg")

Here the Url paramater is fixed, but it could be set to reference another cell or concatenated text.

See Also