Launch Excel From Illustrator Script

[Kernzy]

This is a long shot, but I am looking for a way to launch the Excel application (not a web browser) from an action in Illustrator. I've tried to launch it throw Javascript, Powershell, and through a Powershell through Javascript, but I can't get it to work. 

Here is the file path: Q:\Graphics\Plate_Layouts\Plate Actions\PlatesExcel_V3.7.xlsm

Any help is appreciated!

[Mylenium]

And what code are you actually using? What system? What is the actual physical layout of the drives? What version of Excel? It seems that you have a few misunderstandings here about a) how Windows handles this stuff and how b) it may require extra provisions in your code like converting the URI to a system path or vice versa. either way, without knowing the code and the other details nobody can tell you much about why this may not work.

Mylenium

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

[JS] Windows

Try

//var f = File (" yourPath/yourFile  ");

var f = File ("~/desktop/test.xlsm");

f.execute();