Martin,

Thanks for that. Entering the full path name to the .cmd file and removing
the spaces from the file name and directory did the trick. Strange that the
problem only arose when called from within Excel but I think I'm happy not to
understand as long as it works.

Mike

"Martin Fishlock" wrote:

Mike,

In the batch file on the ftp command put the full path to the command file or
try changing drive and directory to the batch file in the batch file. where
the command file is.
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Hope this helps
Martin Fishlock
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"Mike" wrote:

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is an Excel question or an FTP one but in either case
any help would be appreciated.

I import files from a server onto my PC using these commands within a .bat
file called "import wams files.bat:-

cls
echo on
ftp -s:locquery.cmd incfam

incfam is the server and the .cmd file contains the actual files to get:-

cd /users/synergy/kemira/live/data
get LOFILE11 o:\products\wams\lofile11
get LOFILE12 o:\products\wams\lofile12
get LOFILE18 o:\products\wams\lofile18
get LOFILE19 o:\products\wams\lofile19
get LOFILE20 o:\products\wams\lofile20
get LOFILE22 o:\products\wams\lofile22
bye

It all works perfectly if a simply double click the .bat file but if I call
it from within Excel using:-

Sub getfiles()
Dim returnedvalue
returnedvalue = Shell("o:\products\wams\import wams files.bat", 1)
End Sub

The .bat file runs but the files aren't copied. Once again any thoughts
would be appreciated.

Mike