Running a batch file from Excel VBA
 

Hello

My macro creates text files that, subsequently, I would like to
automatically run the batch file which saves them to a remote location
(ftp).

Is it possible for VBA to run an outside program?

W

Running a batch file from Excel VBA
 

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:02:49 GMT, "verizon"
wrote:

Hello

My macro creates text files that, subsequently, I would like to
automatically run the batch file which saves them to a remote location
(ftp).

Is it possible for VBA to run an outside program?

Yes. See on-line help for the Shell function, a summary of which is
below:
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Shell Function

Runs an executable program and returns a Variant (Double) representing
the program's task ID if successful, otherwise it returns zero.

Syntax

Shell(pathname[,windowstyle])
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