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Mike

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Open a Program

Thankyou Gord
Worked like a charm

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Sub Convert_units()
Dim taskID As Variant
On Error Resume Next
Shell ("C:\Utilities\Convert\Converter.exe"), vbNormalFocus
If Err < 0 Then _
MsgBox "Converter.exe is Missing"
End Sub

Adapt to suit the *.exe you want to run

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:21:00 -0700, Mike wrote:

Is it possiable to open a .exe program with excel macro?

Thanks Mike

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