Hi Kenneth,
Yes i initally tested:
But that really didn't work!! it gave some sort of weird error i didn't understand at all....pdfsam = "cmd /c java -jar "&(chr(34))&"C:\Documents and Settings\Nashl\Desktop\pdfsam-1.0.3-out\lib\pdfsam-console-1.1.5e.jar"&(chr(34))&"" pdfFiles = "-f "&(chr(34))&"F:\Temp\temp.pdf"&(chr(34))&"" pdfOut = "-o "&(chr(34))&"F:\Temp\"&(chr(34))&"" pdfsamStr = pdfsam & " -p 1 " & pdfFiles & " " & pdfOut & " -s SPLIT" Shell pdfsamStr, vbNormalFocus