send parameters to a batch file with the shell command

[Marcos]

Hi,
I've tried succesfully to call a batch macro from excel with the shell
command.
But when I add parameters to the shell pathname it does not work.

assume the batch file x.bat content is:
echo year is %1
pause

The following works well:
Dim RetVal
mycmd = "C:\temp\x.bat"
RetVal = Shell(mycmd, 1)

but:
Dim RetVal
mycmd = "C:\temp\x.bat 2006"
RetVal = Shell(mycmd, 1)

does not work.

Any help will be appreciated
Marcos

 

[Ardus Petus]

Dim RetVal
mycmd = "C:\temp\x.bat 2006"
RetVal = Shell(mycmd, 1)

works by me!

x.bat contains 1 line:
echo %1

 

[Marcos]

Ardus
Thanks, it did work for me as well...
My real problem was calling a macro in the directory C:\Documents and
Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp.
For the email i wrote c:\temp to simplify, but and as I tried with
c:\temp it did work as you said.

This helped me workout the solution. I was running
mycmd= "C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat 2006"
RetVal = Shell(mycmd, 1)
it seems a double quetes were needed for the path above.
Adding:
mycmd= chr$(34)+"C:\Documents and
Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat"+chr$(34)+" 2006"
did the trick.
thanks for the help,
Marcos

 

[Ardus Petus]

You could have written:
mycmd= ""C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat"" 2006"

HTH

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

maybe one more "

mycmd= """C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat"" 2006"
? mycmd
"C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat" 2006

 

[Ardus Petus]

Sure!

--
AP

maybe one more "

mycmd= """C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat"" 2006"
? mycmd
"C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos\Desktop\temp\x.bat" 2006

 

[Marcos]

Thanks to all
it's much easier the way you say