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Also have this and Dim'd all the vars<br />
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&nbsp; Set xlApp = CreateObject(&quot;Excel.Applic<wbr />ation&quot;) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; xlApp.DisplayAlerts = False<br />
&nbsp; Set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(&quot;h:\t<wbr />emp\testbo<wbr />ok1.xlsm&quot;,<wbr /> 0, True)
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Also have this and Dim'd all the vars

  Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")      
  xlApp.DisplayAlerts = False
  Set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("h:\temp\testbook1.xlsm", 0, True)

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That was easy -- ran without error. I thought I tried every combination of quotes, parentheses, etc.<br />
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Thank you!
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That was easy -- ran without error. I thought I tried every combination of quotes, parentheses, etc.

Thank you!

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Great, glad it was that simple.<br />
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<i>~bp</i>
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This will work, where Report is an Excel macro (subroutine) and I pass 2 parameters to it:<br />
&nbsp; xlApp.Run &quot;Report&quot;, CStr(StartCount), CStr(EndCount) <br />
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But if Report is a function, and I want it to return a value to the VBScript, I can't get it to work. Have tried variations of this:<br />
ReturnValue = &nbsp;xlApp.Run &quot;Report&quot;, CStr(StartCount), CStr(EndCount) <br />
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I get an &quot;expected end of statement&quot; error right before &quot;Report&quot;<br />
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???
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This will work, where Report is an Excel macro (subroutine) and I pass 2 parameters to it:
  xlApp.Run "Report", CStr(StartCount), CStr(EndCount) 

But if Report is a function, and I want it to return a value to the VBScript, I can't get it to work. Have tried variations of this:
ReturnValue =  xlApp.Run "Report", CStr(StartCount), CStr(EndCount) 

I get an "expected end of statement" error right before "Report"

???

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