Charlie,

have you tried opening the files from in Excel. It would save a lot of
trouble, and simplify the resulting code a great deal.

Try recording a macro to open the works sheet and then save as excel file.

Steve
"Charlie" wrote in message
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Is it possible to control another program from within an Excel macro?
What I'm thinking of is converting a lot of MS Works spreadsheets to
Excel. To do this I open Works, load a spreadsheet, and then save it
as an Excel file. There don't seem to be any macro capability within
Works, so if I could do this from Excel VBA, I think I could automate
the entire process.
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