Trouble using Shell Command with a Variable in File Path within VB

Question

This is probably a simple fix or totally impossible......not entirely sure....

I have a database stored remotely and my program accesses it. It has a list of properties that we do remote support for. There is a folder full of RDP's as well. When I use the code below it works BUT when I switch the path to a variable it does not. I tried converting to different things and it still say the path does not exist.

I tried calling the variable to display in a messagebox to verify the data in the string is correct and it is.

THIS WORKS Shell("C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe P:\Server\program\Server.RDP", vbMaximizedFocus)

THIS DOES NOT BUT THIS IS WHAT I NEED

Shell("C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe" & RDPtext.Text, vbMaximizedFocus)

RDPText.text is a label that is displaying info from the database. That info is the file path. I tried creating a variable and passing the string to the variable with no luck either.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

In the second example you didn't add the required space betweeen the exe and its argument

 Shell("C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe " & RDPtext.Text, vbMaximizedFocus)
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