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Execute Shell command (File Name having a space)

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inddon

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Hello There,

I have the below code which runs a sheel command to open a pdf file. The application does open but the file does not open. If I remove the space from the file name the pdf file opens. Could you please help in providing a generic VBA code to open a file. Which can handle both a space and a no space in the filename?

Code: 
Sub tt()
  Dim AdobeExecutable As String, AdobeFile As String, StartAdobe
  AdobeExecutable = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
  AdobeFile = "E:\ABC dd.pdf"
   
  StartAdobe = Shell("" & AdobeExecutable & " " & AdobeFile & "", 0)
End Sub

Thank you & regards,
Don
 
inddon said:
Hello There,

I have the below code which runs a sheel command to open a pdf file. The application does open but the file does not open. If I remove the space from the file name the pdf file opens. Could you please help in providing a generic VBA code to open a file. Which can handle both a space and a no space in the filename?

Code: 
Sub tt()
  Dim AdobeExecutable As String, AdobeFile As String, StartAdobe
  AdobeExecutable = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
  AdobeFile = "E:\ABC dd.pdf"
  
  StartAdobe = Shell("" & AdobeExecutable & " " & AdobeFile & "", 0)
End Sub

Thank you & regards,
Don
Click to expand...
Add pair of quotes to deal with it like below.

Code: 
StartAdobe = Shell("" & AdobeExecutable & " """ & AdobeFile & """", 0)
 
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