Execute .bat file from Excel VBA Macro

Question

Im having a problem with my excel vba macro. I need it to execute a batch file which is in the same folder as the excel workbook. The code works well sometimes. I don\'t kno

Answer 1

First of all, when you launch a CMD instance you need to enclose the entire CMD argument if you use any type of operators (&):

CMD /K "command1 & command2"

And then enclose the sub-internal arguments, like this:

CMD /K "command "path with spaces" & command"

So you need to do something like this:

Shell "cmd.exe /k ""cd " & """ & ThisWorkbook.path & """ & " && code.bat"""

Notice I've used """ to escape a quote, but I don't know the way to escape a quote in VBA.

PS: remember to also enclose the code.bat if you have spaces, but ONLY if you have spaces.

Answer 2

Shell "cmd.exe /k cd /d" & ThisWorkbook.path & "&& code.bat"

here, without /d cmd will open in document folder. by /d it will open in d drive, you may change this as per your easy.

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure the problem is down to this line

Shell "cmd.exe /k cd " & ThisWorkbook.path & "&&code.bat"

You need a space in front of the && to separate it from the cd command and after it to separate it from the code.bat.

Shell "cmd.exe /k cd " & ThisWorkbook.path & " && code.bat"

Answer 4

One way to insert a quote(") into a string is by using the character code conversion function Chr(34), 34 being the ASCII value for quotes(")