VB6 exe file to launch office 2016 file will not work.

[Penbeacho]

I am trying to have a vb executable launch a Microsoft excel file, yet the script I have put together is not working. I have troubleshooted the code and I am running it without any errors but no action happens. I have ran the code and debugged the file path and it references the correct location. I am using excel 2016 and it looks to me like this might be related to the object reference libraries. Excel doesn't have a specific reference for 2016 as I have seen in the past for other versions, (I am seeing a similar issue with winsock references). the script is as follows any suggestions will help:

    Dim object_excelApp As Object 'Excel.Application
    Dim appPath As String
    Dim excelwb As Object ' Excel.Workbook

        Set object_excelApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
        'ppPath = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath()
        AppFilePath = App.Path
        FileParse = AppFilePath & "Testfile.xlsm"
        Set excelwb = object_excelApp.Workbooks.Open(FileParse)

[Arnoutdv]

App.Path does not have a trailing "\", so modify your code to the following:

FileParse = AppFilePath & "\Testfile.xlsm"

[TysonLPrice]

So then I guess:

I have ran the code and debugged the file path and it references the correct location.

Wasn't true

[Penbeacho]

I actually tried it both ways, since AppFilePath (as seen in the attachment) already included the "\" it looked like the correct path would be without. But with or without the "\" the script is not opening the file as intended.

[westconn1]

you may be getting some message about opening a file with macros, test with an .xlsx
or make the excelapp visible before trying to open the file, to see if a dialog is shown
you could try excelapp.displayalerts = false