Thank you.
As I said in my question, the answer was probably far
easier than I was making it out to be. I thought I had
tried to link to the "Stuff.xls" macro, apparently I had
not tried that before I made a few futile attempts at
writing some code to open the workbook and execute the
macro.
Again the KISS rule was overlooked.
Thanks again.
Mic

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Why is it you don't want to link directly to Stuff.xls.
If you do, when the
button is pushed, Stuff.xls will be opened and the macro
executed. I am
not sure of the advantage of going through personal.xls
to get Stuff.xls
opened, unless you want Stuff.xls to be closed
immediately after running the
macro - but if it is marked read-only, having it open
shouldn't cause a
problem.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"Mic" wrote in message
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Here is the situation.
I have a "personal.xls" that loads a custom toolbar and
contains one of many frequently used macros.
I have another workbook with 6 frequently used macros
that
is accessible publicly, department wide; we will call
this
workbook "Stuff.xls".
I would like to call the macro "GL_Import" from the
toolbar that "Personal.xls" loaded.
I know that I can link the buttons directly to the
macros
in the "Stuff.xls" workbook.
I could also copy the modules, forms, and such from
the"Stuff.xls" to "personal.xls" and have them linked
directly to the copy in my "personal.xls".
What I want to do is link the custom toolbar button to a
macro in "personal.xls" which opens "stuff.xls" then
runs
the "GL_Import".
The answer is probably not nearly as difficult as I have
made it.
Thanks for you help in advance.
Mic



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