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I have a use case that requires me to: 1. Instantiate a workbook by URL with parameters (http://path/to/workbook/?name=value) 2. Use this parameters (or set of parameters) as… Show more
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Ahhh that makes sense, thanks very much for your feedback! Worked a charm, hope others benefit from this too. Cheers, Mitch
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