Run application from cmd button

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I have a word 2003 document attached to an email. I would like to place a

comand button on the document when pushed. It will fire off an install of

another application within netInstall. I am new coder and having trouble. Can

anyone help with this? Seems like should be fairly simple?
 
This is very unlikely to work, because the user will get a warning that

the Word document contains macros and any reasonably intelligent user isn't

going to allow such macros to run, at least not without looking at them

first.

In any case, I don't see that this has anything at all to do with Outlook.

Sue Mosher

"TKM" <TKM> wrote in message

news:480AEDDA-8406-4D2C-BBD9-05F109954614@microsoft.com...
> I have a word 2003 document attached to an email. I would like to place a
> comand button on the document when pushed. It will fire off an install of
> another application within netInstall. I am new coder and having trouble.
> Can
> anyone help with this? Seems like should be fairly simple?
 
Thanks for your reply. What I am trying to accomplish is..when a user clicks

on a button I want this snippit of code to run in the "Run Box" unless there

is a easier way. Our company would like to automate an install of HDE and the

button will be on a word doc attachment. How can you pass this code to the

run box to excute? Yes I changed the lic key number just in case. Thank you

for your time

cmd.exe /k

"c:\program

files\netinst\niinst32.exe",/Execute:{189BF419-4CD6-4311-9IUYE-F98C897HUJK98JUH006} /install

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:


> This is very unlikely to work, because the user will get a warning that
> the Word document contains macros and any reasonably intelligent user isn't
> going to allow such macros to run, at least not without looking at them
> first.

> In any case, I don't see that this has anything at all to do with Outlook.

> > Sue Mosher
> > >

> "TKM" <TKM> wrote in message
> news:480AEDDA-8406-4D2C-BBD9-05F109954614@microsoft.com...
> >I have a word 2003 document attached to an email. I would like to place a
> > comand button on the document when pushed. It will fire off an install of
> > another application within netInstall. I am new coder and having trouble.
> > Can
> > anyone help with this? Seems like should be fairly simple?


> .
>
 
Check out the Run Method of the WshShell Object.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(VS.85).aspx

--JP

On Oct 30, 11:30 am, TKM <T...> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. What I am trying to accomplish is..when a user clicks
> on a button I want this snippit of code to run in the "Run Box" unless there
> is a easier way. Our company would like to automate an install of HDE andthe
> button will be on a word doc attachment. How can you pass this code to the
> run box to excute? Yes I changed the lic key number just in case. Thank you
> for your time

> cmd.exe /k
> "c:\program
> files\netinst\niinst32.exe",/Execute:{189BF419-4CD6-4311-9IUYE-F98C897HUJK9­8JUH006} /install

>
 
I was able to get it to work like this..

RetVal = Shell("cmd.exe /k """"c:\program

files\netinst\niinst32.exe"",/Execute:{189BF419-4BVB-4311-9C3E-F989876UJH86}

/install""""")

However when I went to cope the entire word document into Outlook and send

it to me as a test. I was not able to see the button nor did it work.

Mentioned something about Active X settings. However our Network Admin says

it should be fine. Ideas?

Thanks for your help

"JP" wrote:


> You have to understand that we can't see what you see, or know what
> you know. You complain that nobody is giving you the amount of
> explanation you desire, yet you write "still won't run" without
> providing any details whatsoever.

> The link I sent you has an example similar to what you're trying to
> do. Did you format the method call correctly? Why not post what you
> tried, so we can see what didn't work.

> If you do it manually does it run?

> Have you tried the Shell function?

> http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=264
> or
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xe736fyk(VS.80).aspx

> --JP

> On Oct 30, 3:47 pm, TKM <T...> wrote:
> > still wont run. any other suggestions. How come noboby gives full
> > explinations on this subject?
> > "JP" wrote:
> > > Check out the Run Method of the WshShell Object.

> >
> > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(VS.85).aspx

> >
> > > --JP

> >

> .
>
 
You'd need to attach the Word document to a message, not copy the document

into the Outlook message body. Then the user would have to open the document

and, most likely, say yes to a prompt asking if it's OK to run a macro. If I

were a well-trained user, I'd say no and leave it at that. If I were also a

savvy, curious user, I'd go look at the macro code, and when if I didn't

understand what niinst32.exe and {189BF419-4BVB-4311-9C3E-F989876UJH86}

mean, I still wouldn't run it. You might try to get around that with some

official-sounding text in the document, but some users probably still will

be suspicious, as they should be.

FWIW, as JP indicated earlier, statements like 'mentioned something about

Active X settings' are not very helpful in troubleshooting. What may be

helpful is providing the full text of any error messages or warnings and

details of any other symptoms that seem relevant.

Sue Mosher

"TKM" <TKM> wrote in message

news:3FB74813-A150-4D5A-8978-8B359401A978@microsoft.com...
> I was able to get it to work like this..

> RetVal = Shell("cmd.exe /k """"c:\program
> files\netinst\niinst32.exe"",/Execute:{189BF419-4BVB-4311-9C3E-F989876UJH86}
> /install""""")

> However when I went to cope the entire word document into Outlook and send
> it to me as a test. I was not able to see the button nor did it work.
> Mentioned something about Active X settings. However our Network Admin
> says
> it should be fine. Ideas?

> Thanks for your help

> "JP" wrote:
>
> > You have to understand that we can't see what you see, or know what
> > you know. You complain that nobody is giving you the amount of
> > explanation you desire, yet you write "still won't run" without
> > providing any details whatsoever.
>

>> The link I sent you has an example similar to what you're trying to
> > do. Did you format the method call correctly? Why not post what you
> > tried, so we can see what didn't work.
>

>> If you do it manually does it run?
>

>> Have you tried the Shell function?
>

>> http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=264
> > or
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xe736fyk(VS.80).aspx
>

>
>> --JP
>

>> On Oct 30, 3:47 pm, TKM <T...> wrote:
> > > still wont run. any other suggestions. How come noboby gives full
> > > explinations on this subject?
> >>>> > "JP" wrote:
> > > > Check out the Run Method of the WshShell Object.
> >> > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(VS.85).aspx
> >> > > --JP
> > >

> > .
> >
 
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