ActivateMicrosoftApp Method [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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Activates a Microsoft application. If the application is already running, this method activates the running application. If the application isn't running, this method starts a new instance of the application.

expression**.ActivateMicrosoftApp(index)**

expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object.

XlMSApplication

XlMSApplication can be one of these XlMSApplication constants.
xlMicrosoftWord
xlMicrosoftPowerPoint
xlMicrosoftMail
xlMicrosoftAccess
xlMicrosoftFoxPro
xlMicrosoftProject
xlMicrosoftSchedulePlus

Example

This example starts and activates Word.

Application.ActivateMicrosoftApp xlMicrosoftWord

Applies to | Application Object