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Brilliant!!!!! Using the chr(34) etc works fine. Thanks for your help

Thanks for the response. I tried testing opening the file using a desktop shortcut and the 'Start' menu 'run' command using the line "c:\program files\adobe\PageMaker 7.0\pm70.exe" "d:\my documents\pagemaker\directory2007.pmd" Both worked, but that line doesn't work with 'shell' command from...

Thanks for the reply, but I can't get 'shell' to work. It will open Pagemaker, but comes up with 'f'ile not found' for the file i want to open. The line I tried is:- shell "C:\program Files\Adobe\Pagemaker\pm70.exe D:\My Documents\Pagemaker\Directory2007.pmd" Is that the right syntax?

How can I start up an external program, eg. Pagemaker, and open up a specific file. I know I can use the 'shell' command to start Pagemaker, but I can't see how to make it start up a particular Pagemaker file. I did something similar for a Word file, using 'createobject' but that only seems to...

How can I use a command button to open up a specific Pagemaker file? I can open up Pagemaker itself using the 'Shell' command from with VB, but can't see how to open up a specific file.