This still doesnt work, but it explained to me what the "/c" does in the
call command. If I omit that, it leaves the DOS window open. It shows Im
in My Documents folder, which I guess is my default, but this is not where
the program is, even though I called out the complete path to the program in
the call statement. I need to figure out how to direct it to the proper
directory.
This helped some Barb thank you.
"Barb Reinhardt" wrote:
I'd be willing to bet that this would work
http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0015.htm
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HTH,
Barb Reinhardt
"VB-rookie" wrote:
Hi
Im trying to run a batch file (runit.bat) that contains the following
statements:
runfast.exe <temp.in
interpolate.exe
summit.exe
del int.log
del old.out
.exe are fortran files.
I just saved this text file with these statements to a file named runit.bat.
If I double click on the file - it will execute these sequentially as shown.
Im trying to run in excel from a macro. I tried putting this in a call
statement but it just flashes the DOS window real quick , doesnt run.
I can call an individual program, say runfast.exe, and it runs ok. If I try
to call runfast.exe by itself from within a batch file, it doesnt run either,
so its not just because I have a sequence of executable statements.
Im in XP, does a batch file need a special format or something to run from
excel 2003?
Please note my name - Im a primative VB user who likes the record button.
Thanks for your time.