Hi
just have a look at the VBA help for the shell command. It includes an
example

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Al wrote:
Thanks Frank. Could you please give me an example of
shell code that would start a different program?

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Hi
instead of this (I doubt this is possible) you could use the SHELL
method to start a different program

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Al wrote:
is it possible for an Excel Macro to doubleclick an icon
{or shortcut} located on my Desktop?

When doubleclicked, the icon initiates a monarch process
which transfers information from a mainframe download
format to an excel spreadsheet.

Thanks in advance.

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