I don't think you can do this. The closest you can come is to use

AppActivate Application.Caption

This will cause the Excel icon in the Taskbar to blink, but won't
actually make the application active.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com




"R Avery" wrote in message
...
I have Excel checking a file every so often for a particular
command,
and whenever it finds a certain command, I want it to bring
Excel to the
front and prompt the user.

Similarly, I would like to be able to send Excel to the back
whenever
some other command was inside a file.

How could I achieve this? Any help would be appreciated.