Open Excel file with command button?

[Steve Goodrich]

We have two versions of MS Office installed in our office – 97 & 2003
We use Access 97 and Excel, Word and PowerPoint 2003
The file types are associated with the correct programs, so double clicking
an Excel file for example will open it using Excel 2003.

I have an Access 97 db with a command button on the form that when clicked
opens an Excel file using the FollowHyperlink code.E.g. followhyperlink “
\\servername\shared\PUBLIC\filename.xls”

I have also tried to enter the hyperlink on the format tab on the property
sheet
On both occasions the file opens with Excel 97
Is there a method that I can use that will open the file in Excel 2003
All other files/shortcuts open with 2003 when double clicked

I tried to get Office 97 uninstalled except for Access 97 but we need photo
editor 97 and was informed by our tech guy that they can’t remove
word,excel & PowerPoint 97 and leave photo editor on because of the way our
company has it packaged. It’s all done remotely and they can’t do custom
installs/uninstalls.

All I want to do is open an Excel file using the 2003 version from a
command button on my form.

Any help would be appreciated

Steve

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

FollowHyperlink should open whatever application is associated with the file
extension. I'm guessing that if you double-click on the file in Windows
Explorer, Excel 97 opens as well. If that's the case, your options would
seem to be change the file association, or else use Automation to open an
instance of Excel 2003 and then load the workbook into that instance.

 

[Steve Goodrich]

Doug,
Thanks for your reply.
I have set my file associations so that Excel opens in 2003. Every Excel
file I click in windows explorer does open in 2003. It's when I use a
command button to open the file that it opens in 97.

How do I use automation to load Excel 2003 and then load the workbook?

Steve.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Hmm. That's odd. I thought FollowHyperlink respected the file associations.

One other thing to try before going to the trouble of using Automation. Try
the ShellExecute API, as illustrated in
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0018.htm at "The Access Web"

 

[Steve Goodrich]

Thanks Douglas for the advice but I'm afraid the solution is far above my
skill level at the moment
Steve

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Actually, using that approach is far simpler than Automation would be!

Go into the VB Editor and create a new module (not a class module nor a
module associated with a form or report)

Copy everything between Code Start and Code End on the web page, and paste
it into the new module.

Save the module, giving it a unique name (something like mdlShellExecute
should work fine)

In your Click event, use

Call fHandleFile("\\servername\shared\PUBLIC\filename.xls")

instead of the FollowHyperlink method.

 

[Steve Goodrich]

Thanks, I'll give it a try when I get back to the office
Steve

 

[Steve Goodrich]

Hi
Finally got it working with:

Shell """C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\office11\excel.exe""
""\\server\shared\public\folder\file.xls""", vbMaximizedFocus

Thanks for all your help

Steve

 

[Len]

We have two versions of MS Office installed in our office - 97 & 2003
We use Access 97 and Excel, Word and PowerPoint 2003
The file types are associated with the correct programs, so double
clicking
an Excel file for example will open it using Excel 2003.

I have an Access 97 db with a command button on the form that when clicked
opens an Excel file using the FollowHyperlink code.E.g. followhyperlink "
\\servername\shared\PUBLIC\filename.xls"

I have also tried to enter the hyperlink on the format tab on the property
sheet
On both occasions the file opens with Excel 97
Is there a method that I can use that will open the file in Excel 2003
All other files/shortcuts open with 2003 when double clicked

I tried to get Office 97 uninstalled except for Access 97 but we need
photo
editor 97 and was informed by our tech guy that they can't remove
word,excel & PowerPoint 97 and leave photo editor on because of the way
our
company has it packaged. It's all done remotely and they can't do custom
installs/uninstalls.

All I want to do is open an Excel file using the 2003 version from a
command button on my form.

Any help would be appreciated

Steve