Solidworks PDM Launching Excel with Parameters

Question

I have a Solidworks PDM transition that launches a particular Excel sheet that has a Workbook_Open routine that receives a parameter passed in from PDM. That parameter is the %folderpath% of the file being transitioned in PDM. The Excel routines run fine. However, Excel is trying to do too much with the passed in path. After the routine in Excel runs, an Excel dialog is throw as shown here:

Excel is mashing the passed in path with an.xlsx extension (its running a.xlsm file). Here is the command line being executed in PDM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE""C:\Users\guy\Desktop\TEST FOLDER RENAME.xlsm" /e/ %FolderPath% where the full folder path is C:\PTI\ECO\General\CR-0023482. Any ideas on why Excel is throwing this message and is there a way to suppress/stop it?

Answer 1

I found the issue and it is subtle. The command line in PDM's transitions action cannot have a space between the called spreadsheet and the passed in parameter. This argument works. "C:\Temp\F-Rename.xlsm"/e/%FolderPath% vs. "C:\Temp\F-Rename.xlsm" /e/%FolderPath%.