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AppActivate Statement Example
This example illustrates various uses of the
AppActivate statement to activate an application window. The
Shell statements assume the applications are in the paths specified.
Dim MyAppID, ReturnValue
AppActivate
"Microsoft Word" ' Activate Microsoft
' Word.
' AppActivate can also use the return value of the Shell function.
MyAppID = Shell("C:\WORD\WINWORD.EXE", 1) ' Run Microsoft Word.
AppActivate
MyAppID ' Activate Microsoft
' Word.
' You can also use the return value of the Shell function.
ReturnValue = Shell("c:\EXCEL\EXCEL.EXE",1) ' Run Microsoft Excel.
AppActivate
ReturnValue ' Activate Microsoft
' Excel.