Thread: Starting another program out of Excel VB??

How do/can I start another program, like WORD or NOTEPAD, from an EXCEL VB
routine?

I tried doing it with the Marco definition button, but that doesn't collect
things that happen outside EXCEL.

Thanks,
Mac
Berkeley, CA

Mac, try this for notepad

Sub Run_Notepad()
Run Shell("C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE", 1)
End Sub


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"Mac Lingo" <Mac@SV-CaliforniaGirl.Com> wrote in message
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> How do/can I start another program, like WORD or NOTEPAD, from an EXCEL VB
> routine?
>
> I tried doing it with the Marco definition button, but that doesn't
collect
> things that happen outside EXCEL.
>
> Thanks,
> Mac
> Berkeley, CA
>
>