Here is a way you can circumvent the restraint, you must do it indirectly. Method copied from Excel – How to fill cells from User Defined Function?:
In a standard module:
Public triggger As Boolean
Public carryover As Variant
Function reallysimple(r As Range) As Variant
triggger = True
reallysimple = r.Value
carryover = r.Value / 99
End Function
In worksheet code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Calculate()
If Not triggger Then Exit Sub
triggger = False
Range("C1").Value = carryover
End Sub
This could be expanded for your purposes. Essentially, the UDF updates public variables which are then read from the Worksheet_Calculate
event to do… anything you like.
Another more complicated approach would be to write a vbscript file from your function that will attempt to automate Excel and run it via Shell. However, the method I listed above is much more reliable.