Re: [ExcelVBA] FYI: Using the Shell function in VBA

 

It's great to see people get back with solutions Steve.

er.... what is the 3... ?

Lisa

Sent: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 1:10 am
Subject: [ExcelVBA] FYI: Using the Shell function in VBA

YI
dug a bit more and found that adding the full name (mode.com) as well as
roviding a receptacle for the Shell return value did the trick.
Except ... VBA continues before it finishes and will be used (asynchronous), so
here must either be a delay before "OPENing" the port, or using some more
ernel32 functions (ShellAndWait on the web), you can wait until it finishes:
Dim RetVal as Long
etVal = Shell(Environ("comspec") + " /c mode.com Com4:9600,n,8,2", 3)
The 3 is
Regards, Steve N.

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