Sounds great and thanks.

Dave Patrick wrote:
Schedule it with Task Scheduler (using a VBScript)


Option Explicit
Dim filePath, oExcel

filePath = "c:\Test.xls"
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oExcel.Workbooks.Open(filepath)
oExcel.Run "macro1"
oExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
oExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
oExcel.Quit
Set oExcel = Nothing

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Regards,

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"msnate" wrote:
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