https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Starting-a-fortran-77-program-from-a-visual-basic-macro-Excel/m-p/968243#M23382 Are you trying to debug the program when run this way? If not, why not just shell the program directly?<BR /><BR />Steve Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:51:54 GMT Steven_L_Intel1 2001-09-29T21:51:54Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Starting-a-fortran-77-program-from-a-visual-basic-macro-Excel/m-p/968242#M23381 Good Evening <BR /> <BR />I am using a shell instruction from a macro in Excel in order to run a fort ran 77 program ex; Quality.exe <BR />You will find included a copy of this macro: <BR /> <BR />Dim MyAppID, Return Value <BR /> <BR />MyAppID = Shell("I:Micro soft Visual StudioCommonMSDEV98BINDFDEV.EXE I:QualiteEauprojetsQual2EQual2e.dsw ", 4) <BR /> <BR />This shell command start the proper project and that I have to do to execute the program is to press the Ctrl-F5 key <BR />But in order to automate this operation, I would like to know which command line can I use to simulate that I am pressing <BR />this Ctrl-F5 key or in other words What can I do to start the program. <BR />Please give me an example to help me. <BR />Thanks in advance Sat, 29 Sep 2001 09:19:58 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Starting-a-fortran-77-program-from-a-visual-basic-macro-Excel/m-p/968242#M23381 Intel_C_Intel 2001-09-29T09:19:58Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Starting-a-fortran-77-program-from-a-visual-basic-macro-Excel/m-p/968243#M23382 Are you trying to debug the program when run this way? If not, why not just shell the program directly?<BR /><BR />Steve Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:51:54 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Archive/Starting-a-fortran-77-program-from-a-visual-basic-macro-Excel/m-p/968243#M23382 Steven_L_Intel1 2001-09-29T21:51:54Z