I am working on a small VBS script that is *supposed* to enter a user defined variable into excel. What happens istead is that it opens excel and then says there is a problem. When I did not put a variable in, it typed the word in. I need to no how to make the shellobj.sendkeys command work with variables. Here is my code: DIM userInput set shellobj = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") name = inputbox("Please Enter Your Name") shellobj.run "cmd" wscript.sleep 500 shellobj.sendkeys "start excel.exe{enter}exit{enter}" wscript.sleep 3000 shellobj.sendkeys "{& name &}{enter}" the error message that pops up says Line: 8 Char: 1 Error: invalid procedure call or argument. But when I change the shellobj.senkeys "{& name &}{enter}" to shellobj.senkeys "john{enter}" , it works. Please help.

To quote the documentation, "To send brace characters, send the string argument '{{}' for the left brace and '{}}' for the right one."

Thanks, that was just what I needed! I am also curious how you send the + symbol using .sendkeys command. shellobj.sendkeys " + " This script I am using doesn't work.