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April 28, 2009 at 08:45 AM
michael.ross

EXCEL (2003), Command Prompt and/or hyperlink

by michael.ross . Updated 17 years, 2 months ago

We run Excel 2003.

I have a spreadsheet that has both a hyperlink and a formatted command (the cell that is formatted looks like: “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore” “http://our-Intranet/LicenseEXE/lgen.dll?ID=record-identifier&USER=myuser.name@mycompany.com”). The hyperlink runs code on our intranet. I get the formatted cell’s command to work using the following steps:
1) I open a DOS window,
2) I COPY the command cell from EXCEL, then
3) back in the DOS window, I right-click to “paste” the data.

Is there any way that I can automate this process?

I receive multiple, 100-300 line items spreadsheets monthly, so this would make my life much simpler.

Also, each command opens a separate Explorer window, limiting me to selecting 5-7 cells at a time. Is there any way around this?

Thanks in advance.

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