Trying setting up your active link as shown below: DDE- Action=POKE Service=EXCEL Topic=sheet1 (or whatever your excel sheet is named) Item-R20C1 (this is cell A20) Path-D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe F:\PPCR.xls Command= $FIELDNAME$
Andy L. Mayfield Sr. System Operation Specialist Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140 SoLinc: 10*19140 -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lann Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Open an Excel file from Remedy Hello all, Iam trying to open a particular Microsoft Excel file in my F drive (F:\PPCR.xls),I want to copy some data from Remedy to particular cell of the Excel sheet say,A20. Iam using an Active link DDE- Action=POKE Service=EXCEL Topic=F:\PPCR.xls Item-A20 Path-D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe Command=[OPEN(F:\PPCR.xls)] The problem is it opens a new Excel sheet,not my file of choice. How can I remedy this? Thanks, Lann -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Open-an-Excel-file-from-Remedy-tp18849160p18849160 .html Sent from the ARS (Action Request System) mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
