run autoit script from Word 2007 macro

[Paul_BC]

Hi There

My knowledge of VBA is not very good.
I'd like to run an external Autoit script from within a Word macro.

So far I tried:

Sub BackupTest()
Dim runscript
runscript = Shell("C:\scripts\_backup.au3")
End Sub


This gives me a run-time Error 5 "Invalid Procedure Call or Argument".

Can anyone help?
Many thanks for a tip.
Paul

[fumei]

Your filename starts with an underscore? _backup.au3 ??? Are you sure this is valid?

[Paul_BC]

Okay I removed the underscore and the error message is unchanged.

[fumei]

But the Shell argument must be an executable...not a data file. You have no executable.

[Paul_BC]

I added the executable as follows and now it works.

Sub BackupTest()
Dim runscript
runscript = Shell("C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3_x64.exe C:\scripts\backup.au3")
End Sub
Many thanks.
Paul

[fumei]

There you go.