Running a Microsoft Project Macro from Microsoft Excel

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1. In Microsoft Excel, create a new workbook.
2. In Microsoft Excel 97, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Visual Basic Editor. Then, click Module on the Insert menu.
   
   In earlier versions, on the Insert menu, click Macro, and then click Module.
3. Type the following information in the module sheet (you may need to alter the macro to specify the appropriate locations for the files on your computer):

      Sub Run_Project_Macro()
   
          'Opens Microsoft Project
          Shell("c:\project\winproj.exe")
   
          'Initiates a DDE channel to Microsoft Project
          Chan = DDEInitiate("WINPROJ", "system")
   
          'Activates Microsoft Project
          Application.ActivateMicrosoftApp xlMicrosoftProject
   
          'Runs the Project global macro "AdjustDates"
          Application.DDEExecute Chan, "AdjustDates"
   
          'Terminates the DDE channel
          Application.DDETerminate Chan
   
      End Sub
   					

4. To run the macro, on the Tools menu, click Macro. Select the appropriate macro name and then click Run.