Send a Query String to an Excel File?

bs0d

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I'm curious if it would be possible to send a query string to an Excel file, similar in the way you would to a server-side webpage in the URL?

For example, a link in a Word document:

Code:
\\path\to\file\my_workbook.xlsm?id=123

Click (or CTRL+CLICK) opens file in Excel, Workbook_Open() is called where VBA code exists to see the value '123' of ID passed along in the file name, and handles that data appropriately to display results in the workbook.
 

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