Sorting range based on data from another worksheet

[yevlar]

Okay - I need to sort Sheet 1 Col. B by using the data in Sheet 2 Col. A. (Sheet 2 col A contains text. Sheet 1 col. B is all formulas relating to the text in Sheet 2.) And again, I'd like to do this via a checkbox or option button or command button or something along those lines - where, when checked, it sorts Sheet1 colB by alphabetizing sheet2 colA; and when unchecked sorts all of Sheet1 by Sheet1 colA (which contians dates.)

Tried this code, but it didn't work:

Private Sub CheckBox1_Click()
If CheckBox1.Value = True Then

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B4:B1000").Sort _
        Key1:=Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("A4")
        
Else
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A4:A1000").Sort _
        Key1:=Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A4")
End If
End Sub

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

This is not going to be easy, but please give an example of the formulas in Sheet1 column B.

 

[yevlar]

All of the rows in Sheet 1 Col. B use INDIRECT to refer to the content from Sheet2 col. A (Sheet2 is called PASTE in this document.)

i.e.:

=IF(OR(INDIRECT("PASTE!A" & ROW())="",INDIRECT("PASTE!L" & ROW())="X"),"",INDIRECT("PASTE!A" & ROW()))

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

While you can sort a column containing those formulas if calculation is set to manual, pressing F9 will cause the results of the formulas to revert to what they were. That's because your formula uses the ROW() function, and a sort doesn't change it.

In short, it's not possible to sort a column of formulas that refer to cells outside of the sort range.

 

[yevlar]

I had a feeling. I read an older post that stated that Excel didn't like that sort of thing, but I figured I'd ask again.

Thanks for the help!