Know the directory/source to shortcut of file
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This is probably a rare question - is there any way programmatically through VBA to get access to the directory of not the Excel file itself, but the shortcut that opened it?
excel vba excel-vba
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This is probably a rare question - is there any way programmatically through VBA to get access to the directory of not the Excel file itself, but the shortcut that opened it?
excel vba excel-vba
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
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asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
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No. There's no link between the two andCommandreturns nothing relevant.
– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
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A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50
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This is probably a rare question - is there any way programmatically through VBA to get access to the directory of not the Excel file itself, but the shortcut that opened it?
excel vba excel-vba
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
This is probably a rare question - is there any way programmatically through VBA to get access to the directory of not the Excel file itself, but the shortcut that opened it?
excel vba excel-vba
excel vba excel-vba
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
edited Jan 3 at 14:25
J.schmidt
663120
663120
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
asked Jan 3 at 11:36
Daniel SlättDaniel Slätt
3461313
3461313
2
No. There's no link between the two andCommandreturns nothing relevant.
– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
1
A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50
add a comment |
2
No. There's no link between the two andCommandreturns nothing relevant.
– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
1
A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50
2
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No. There's no link between the two and
Command returns nothing relevant.– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
No. There's no link between the two and
Command returns nothing relevant.– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
1
1
A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50
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No. There's no link between the two and
Commandreturns nothing relevant.– Rory
Jan 3 at 11:42
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A shortcut could be anyplace. So you might search the entire environment and see if you find a shortcut file that points to the Excel file. But you'd have no way of knowing if a particular shortcut (there could be many) was the one that actually opened the file.
– Ron Rosenfeld
Jan 3 at 12:28
You could edit the shortcut so that it passed a variable to excel and then query that variable. So if you had many shortcuts and wanted to know which was used that would work - but if excel was started via a "run" command or via a command window or shell you'd fail.
– Harassed Dad
Jan 3 at 15:47
That's a cool idea! How do I do that?
– Daniel Slätt
Jan 3 at 15:50