Hi Jim,

What I don't understand is that there still is a hard coded drive letter in
the code from Rob Bruce..

Is it not easier to solve with something like below?
Shell "start.exe filelocation\filename.pdf"

Arjan

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"Jim Cone" wrote:

Code stolen from Rob Bruce...
The API determines the application to use to open the file.
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http://www.officeletter.com/blink/specialsort.html


Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Sub OpenFileInDefaultApp(FullName As String)
ShellExecute 0, vbNullString, FullName, 0&, 0&, 1
End Sub

Sub test()
OpenFileInDefaultApp "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Statistical flaws in Excel.pdf"
End Sub
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"Arjan"
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Jim,
thnx.. that works!
For the next step, how can I open the files which are in that path?
Arjan
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"Jim Cone" wrote:
Arjan,
Make it ...

filelocation = ThisWorkbook.Path
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"Arjan"
wrote in message
Hi all,
Scope:
I have a userform where I would like to add some buttons wich open certain
adobe PDF files. Furthermore, this project is to be burned on a CD so it can
be distributed.
My problem are the drive letters.. (diffrent systems, diffrent drive
letters..)

I have some code, but this is not working properly.. the errormessage is
that it cannot sustain(?) for a read only property.
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Private Sub CommandButton19_Click()
'open pdf file
Dim filelocation As String
ThisWorkbook.Path = filelocation
Sheets("UserSettings").Range("H3").Value = filelocation ' to view the
filelocation
'Shell "GetCurrentPath()V(S)F24-32-45.pdf"
End Sub
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Does anyone has a suggestion how to solve this?
Thank you all!
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Arjan Bregman
the Netherlands

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the knowledge is always there, maybe hidden, but it is there..
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