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Excel XP & Win XP
I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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Ankur
Thanks for responding. That doesn't work. The error message says that the requested file is not an Excel-compatible file. The file I want to open is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" I tried your method also with the following: (Outlook Express) "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" Thanks again. Otto "ankur" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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You can achieve that by creating a hyperlink.
Right-click in a cell. Choose Hyperlink and navigate to the desired program. Regards Piet Otto Moehrbach schreef: Ankur Thanks for responding. That doesn't work. The error message says that the requested file is not an Excel-compatible file. The file I want to open is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" I tried your method also with the following: (Outlook Express) "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" Thanks again. Otto "ankur" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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Martin
Thanks for the help. The macro: Option Explicit Sub TryOE() Dim s As String s = "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" RetVal = Shell(s, 1) End Sub returned an error "variable not defined" and highlighted RetVal. Apparently RetVal is not recognized. Your help is greatly appreciated. Otto "Martin Fishlock" wrote in message ... Are you trying to execute this program? If so then try the shell command: s="C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" RetVal = Shell(s, 1) -- Hope this helps Martin Fishlock Please do not forget to rate this reply. "Otto Moehrbach" wrote: Ankur Thanks for responding. That doesn't work. The error message says that the requested file is not an Excel-compatible file. The file I want to open is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" I tried your method also with the following: (Outlook Express) "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" Thanks again. Otto "ankur" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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Kweenie
Thanks, but this is all part of a VBA procedure to email an Excel sheet. I'm following Ron de Bruin's email code and I'm assuming that the pertinent email program has to be open and running before the email code runs. Otto "Kweenie" wrote in message oups.com... You can achieve that by creating a hyperlink. Right-click in a cell. Choose Hyperlink and navigate to the desired program. Regards Piet Otto Moehrbach schreef: Ankur Thanks for responding. That doesn't work. The error message says that the requested file is not an Excel-compatible file. The file I want to open is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" I tried your method also with the following: (Outlook Express) "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" Thanks again. Otto "ankur" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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Thanks Martin. Otto
"Martin Fishlock" wrote in message ... Otto, Option explicit just requires that you delcare all variables and so that you need to dim retval or just remove it if you don't want to use the return. Option Explicit Sub TryOE() Do, RetVal as variant Dim s As String s = "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" RetVal = Shell(s, 1) End Sub -- Hope this helps Martin Fishlock Please do not forget to rate this reply. "Otto Moehrbach" wrote: Martin Thanks for the help. The macro: Option Explicit Sub TryOE() Dim s As String s = "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" RetVal = Shell(s, 1) End Sub returned an error "variable not defined" and highlighted RetVal. Apparently RetVal is not recognized. Your help is greatly appreciated. Otto "Martin Fishlock" wrote in message ... Are you trying to execute this program? If so then try the shell command: s="C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" RetVal = Shell(s, 1) -- Hope this helps Martin Fishlock Please do not forget to rate this reply. "Otto Moehrbach" wrote: Ankur Thanks for responding. That doesn't work. The error message says that the requested file is not an Excel-compatible file. The file I want to open is: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" I tried your method also with the following: (Outlook Express) "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" Thanks again. Otto "ankur" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Otto, Try.. Sub test() Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" End Sub Regards Ankur www.xlmacros.com Otto Moehrbach wrote: Excel XP & Win XP I know how to open an Excel Workbook file. What I want to do is open a non-Excel file when I know the full file name: "C:\ThePath\FileName.xxx" Thanks for your time. Otto |
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