Hi there, I recently upgraded from Access 97 to 2003 and noticed the difference in syntax when using the shell command. However, I also noticed that I can't call any longer a mde application that resides in a folder that contains any spaces, as in: C:\Progam Files\ I've done tests and it does work if the folder name doesn't have spaces. Since my application resides in C:\Program Files\... I've got problems. Is there a way around it? Any help is greatly appreciated and thanks a lot in advance... Cheers Michael
Should be fine if you enclose the target in quotes. Quotes inside quotes need to be doubled up: http://allenbrowne.com/casu-17.html Alternatively, if you don't need to specify the executable (i.e. just use the registered software for the file type), you may be able to use FollowHyperlink instead of Shell. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Michael" wrote in message news:FDA17D49-6478-4722-BB7D-81F49458115A@microsoft.com... > Hi there, > > I recently upgraded from Access 97 to 2003 and noticed the difference in > syntax when using the shell command. > > However, I also noticed that I can't call any longer a mde application > that > resides in a folder that contains any spaces, as in: C:\Progam Files\ > > I've done tests and it does work if the folder name doesn't have spaces. > Since my application resides in C:\Program Files\... I've got problems.
Fantastic Allen, thanks for the speedy reply, I'll try it later and I am sure it'll work. Thanks for the info and have a nice day...
