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Old August 27th, 2003, 10:41 PM
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an easy question for excel
Hey guys,
I have never used any VB etc.....

However, I have an application in excel (a calculator) and on the bottom are various buttons, one button is a help button.

How can i make the help button pop-up a window with the help file. THe help file i have is in pdf format.

any help is greatly appreciated

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you can write a shell command to excecute the file.
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thanks Kronique,

and can you please give me an example of a shell command to execute the file.

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