See

http://finance.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/smf_addin/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=1

There are also other functions that can bring stock prices and basic share information into excel similar to DDE links.

Using the method above it is not possible to have Excel automatically update if the underlying data changes. In this example the data is ‘pulled’ into Excel, rather than being ‘pushed’. However it is possible to achieve something similar by using one of the following;

To update the data every time the workbook is opened, replace the first line of the code above, Sub Update_Queries(), with Private Sub Workbook_Open() and copy the code into ThisWorkbook.

Or to udate every time the External Data worksheet is selected, replace the first line of the code with Private Sub Worksheet_Activate() and copy the code into the sheet object. In the download example it is the External Data sheet.

If you did want to continuously update the data in the background use a Do / Loop statement. This will continuously run the macro and Application.Wait(Now + TimeValue(“0:00:10″)) will pause the macro for 10 seconds before running it again. I would not recommend this approach as it would use processing power on your PC, which may slow down other tasks. Also, the share price data that is available for free is delayed, so even with continuous updating the information will be 15 – 30 minutes old.

Regards,

John

I have been seeing this done before for share prices and wondered how it was done. Now I know thanks to you. Is there a way of making the Excel link always reloading when the online data changes? This has some risj but I wonder anway.

RLG