in a qlikview file I create a button to pass some data to a specific xls file.
In Actions tab I have: In Actions field EXECUTE; C:\Program FIles\Microsoft Office\Office11\EXCEl.exe in APPLICATION field; my file name (myfile.xls) in filename field; my directory (c:\data\) in working direcory.
By giving OK to this my button is working but as i save, close and reopen my file, everything is missing and obviusly my button is not working.
It happened to me as you say. So, now, when launching an app in a trigger, put the xls document as application. User's OS will find the extension and will link it to its correspondent app, so the document will be opened.