Window NT; Excel 97
1. I have a VBA procedure that uses DOS to create a directory listing file,
then it accesses the file. But, the code "beats" DOS, and tries to access
the file before DOS finishes creating it.
How do I get the code to wait for DOS to finish?

2. This same dilemma applies to having a VBA procedure open a workbook,
execute several actions, then close the file. The procedure beats itself and
closes the workbook before it's finished making the changes.
How do I get the code to wait for itself to finish before closing?

Thanks,
Trent Argante
[TPA.J(67)]

Give this a go or look at the Run method of VBScript.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129796/

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"targante" wrote:
| Window NT; Excel 97
| 1. I have a VBA procedure that uses DOS to create a directory listing
file,
| then it accesses the file. But, the code "beats" DOS, and tries to access
| the file before DOS finishes creating it.
| How do I get the code to wait for DOS to finish?
|
| 2. This same dilemma applies to having a VBA procedure open a workbook,
| execute several actions, then close the file. The procedure beats itself
and
| closes the workbook before it's finished making the changes.
| How do I get the code to wait for itself to finish before closing?
|
| Thanks,
| Trent Argante
| [TPA.J(67)]

Dave, this article answered the first dilemma, so thank you.
But, I still need a solution for the second

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

Give this a go or look at the Run method of VBScript.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129796/

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"targante" wrote:
| Window NT; Excel 97
| 1. I have a VBA procedure that uses DOS to create a directory listing
file,
| then it accesses the file. But, the code "beats" DOS, and tries to access
| the file before DOS finishes creating it.
| How do I get the code to wait for DOS to finish?
|
| 2. This same dilemma applies to having a VBA procedure open a workbook,
| execute several actions, then close the file. The procedure beats itself
and
| closes the workbook before it's finished making the changes.
| How do I get the code to wait for itself to finish before closing?
|
| Thanks,
| Trent Argante
| [TPA.J(67)]

Without looking at it I have no idea.

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"targante" wrote:
| Dave, this article answered the first dilemma, so thank you.
| But, I still need a solution for the second

I was wrong. It didn't work for the first either. The code example in the
article worked instead of using shell "notepad.exe, but not for shell "dir
listing.txt".
Any ideas?

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

Without looking at it I have no idea.

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"targante" wrote:
| Dave, this article answered the first dilemma, so thank you.
| But, I still need a solution for the second

These may help if you don't want to use a scripting solution.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=99
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=99

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/wsmthrun.asp

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"Trent Argante" wrote:
|I was wrong. It didn't work for the first either. The code example in the
| article worked instead of using shell "notepad.exe, but not for shell "dir

| listing.txt".
| Any ideas?