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I have a need to run an Excel Macro from inside Access. Is this possible with Access 2003 to Excel 2003?
May 5 '07 #1
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I have a need to run an Excel Macro from inside Access. Is this possible with Access 2003 to Excel 2003?
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  1. Function RunExeclMacro(sFile As String, sMacro As String) As String
  2.     Dim xlApp As Object
  3.     Dim xlWb As Object
  4.     Dim xlWS As Worksheet
  5.     Dim strSheet As String
  6.     Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
  7.     Set xlWb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(sFile, True)
  8.     wlwb.Run sMacro
  9.     xlWb.Close (True) '<saves it
  10.     xlApp.Quit
  11. End Function
  12.  
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