XL: Running a Microsoft Project Macro from Microsoft Excel

ID: Q133710

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.1

SUMMARY

This article contains an example to demonstrate how Microsoft Excel can run a Microsoft Project macro using DDE (dynamic data exchange) and Visual Basic for Applications code.

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This example starts Microsoft Project and then runs a macro from the global macros.

In Microsoft Excel, create a new workbook.

In Microsoft Excel 97, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Visual Basic Editor. Then, click Module on the Insert menu.

In earlier versions, on the Insert menu, click Macro, and then click Module.

Type the following information in the module sheet (you may need to alter the macro to specify the appropriate locations for the files on your computer):


   Sub Run_Project_Macro()

       'Opens Microsoft Project
       Shell("c:\project\winproj.exe")

       'Initiates a DDE channel to Microsoft Project
       Chan = DDEInitiate("WINPROJ", "system")

       'Activates Microsoft Project
       Application.ActivateMicrosoftApp xlMicrosoftProject

       'Runs the Project global macro "AdjustDates"
       Application.DDEExecute Chan, "AdjustDates"

       'Terminates the DDE channel
       Application.DDETerminate Chan

   End Sub

To run the macro, on the Tools menu, click Macro. Select the appropriate macro name and then click Run.

For additional information about using DDE, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q99845 Excel: Communication Between Excel and Access Using DDE

Additional query words: 5.00c 8.00 97 XL97

Keywords : kbinterop kbprg kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA offinterop xlwin
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.1,5.0,5.0c,7.0,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto