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It is just under :loadprg /w worked. Turns out it was working the whole time but sometimes it takes up to a minute for the script to recognize the spreadsheet is closed and move on. I also took out a ton of inefficiencies in the code structure. It is about 70% shorter now. I may play with it a littl...

You are correct about the structure. dsdde.lnk and the spreadsheet open fine. The problem is that when I close the spreadsheet the script does not continue to 'goto main' it just sits there saying 'please wait....'. When I am on the main menu I can press 0 and the script exits no problem. The code l...

I tried start but would like the script to wait until I closed the spreadsheet then close dde by itself.

I did not write this script but had to modify some syntax to get it to work on my new win7 laptop. Now I am trying a few things to make it more user friendly. It sets configuration then opens dde, which is a protocol program then a spreadsheet. With the bottom written this way the spreadsheet opens ...