UDF reference previous page error when open new workbook

ALMack

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Greetings,

I used a "user defined function" to reference a cell on the previous worksheet regardless of the worksheet's name.
The function works fine and updates automatically until I open a new workbook; at which point the original worksheet (with the UDF) reads the cells from the newly opened worksheet. I can correct it by pressing F9, but I don't want to manually correct each time.
I looked through the Mr.Excel database but I could not find a reference to this problem.

Here is the UDF:

Function Prev_sheet(rcell As Range)
Application.Volatile True
Dim i As Integer
i = rcell.Cells(1).Parent.Index
Prev_sheet = Sheets(i - 1).Range(rcell.Address)
End Function

I'm new at this, so is there a way to write the function to be workbook specific?

Thanks - Andrew.
 

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