Open/Run Another Application/File Using VBA
Dec 16, 2009I need to open/launch
-applications like Outlook, IE
-files like .bat, .xls,
-folders (with windows explorer)
using VBA.
How to code this?
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I have been trying to process Excel files in a directory with the following
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Dim fldr As Object
Dim file As Object
Dim cnt As Long
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