How to open xls file with Excel in VB

Question

So how can I tell the system to open the file for me? I tried

Shell(ExcelFilePath)

But an exception was thrown, although the file path from OpenFileDialog.FileOk

So, I'm trying to play with Excel.Application, is it possible to open a file with this?

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Shane hsu Jan 24 '13 at 8:37

2 answers

try it

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("FilePath")

it will open the file in the application associated with it.

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Arpit Jan 24 '13 at 8:46

Sysdragon · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24T08:44:55+0000

This will open the file with Excel:

Process.Start("EXCEL.EXE", """C:\Folder\file.xls""")

Being the second line, arguments for the process. See MSDN Dcoumentation .