running vbs script from vba?

[John Gunn]

I have a vbs script that I'm trying to run from a vba subroutine in excel
using the "shell" function:

cmdstr$ = "cscript w:\simtemp\ctd.vbs"
retval = Shell(cmdstr$, vbMaximizedFocus)

When this executes, the cscript window opens but the script doesn't run.
However when I open a command shell and manually start the script it runs
fine:

Shouldn't this work or am I missing something?

Thanks
John

 

[Dave Peterson]

This worked for me in Win98:

Option Explicit
Sub testme()
Dim myScript As String
myScript = "C:\My Documents\scripts\DeleteTempFiles.vbs"
Shell "start " & Chr(34) & myScript & Chr(34), vbMaximizedFocus
End Sub

The extra chr(34) were required since my .vbs path had spaces in it.

I do see a DOS window, though.