Rick,

The workbook will have to be opened to run the macro, whether your user does
it or whether you do from your VB6 app.

If you want some code on opening the workbook, try something like

Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
If Not xlApp Is Nothing Then
xlApp.Workbooks.Open "D:\Bob\My Documents\My
Spreadsheets\Lastcount.xls"
xlApp.Visible = True
xlApp.Run "LastCount.xls!Test"
xlApp.Quit
End If

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Rick Griffith" wrote in message
...
I've got a VB6 program that runs an excel 2000 macro fine
if the spreadsheet is opened by user before running the VB
program. If user doesn't open the spreadsheet an error
occurs.

Is there a way to eliminate need for user to open the
spreadsheet?