class works in vb, not in vba

Hi,
I've got a little toolbox class I've used in vb (and I had thought in vba
but it's been a while and now it's not working so maybe only used in vb in
past)

one function in the class is preventing me using the class
(it's not the function I'm calling, but when I call the class i get the
error anyway)

this function just opens a textfile in notepad
the thing that is error ing is "As App" at end of function definition
error is something like: user definded type not defined

so I looked at refs in vb and there are visualbasic run time objects and
proceedures and also visual basic objects adn proceedures refed that are not
refed in vba routine in which i was trying to call this class.
so I went to ref them in and they aren't in the list
I can browse for components but don't know what file to load
does anyone know how to find what resouce holds a given element, like in
this case, which reference defines App as an application (by the way
changing app to application didn't help either in vba, i was surprised at
that too)
is there a way, other than by asking on the ng and hoping someone knows, to
find out what's inside all those dlls listed in the components box?

the problem func:
Function OpenNotepadTextfile(fullPathName As String) As App
Dim myappid As Variant
Dim appname As Variant '(1) As Variant
appname = "notepad.EXE " & fullPathName
'
On Error Resume Next
myappid = Shell(appname, 1) 'vbMaximizedFocus) ' Run notepad
If Err Then
MsgBox Err.Description & " Error getting Shell"
Err.Clear
End If
On Error Resume Next
AppActivate myappid ' Activeate notepad
If Err Then
MsgBox Err.Description & " Error activating Appid"
Err.Clear
End If
OpenNotepadTextfile = myappid

End Function

thanks for any help
I was thinking i could change it from a func to a sub, don't remember why I
return the appid but I may have been using it in the calling sub, like to
close it later in the prog or something,
don't have time to go find every subthat ever called this routine and see
how it was used, right now, but maybe that's a solution. though it seems I
should be able to use the same class module in vb or vba, or is that not
right thinking???/

Thanks\
Mark

 

Eliminate the "As App" and you're back in business.

 

so is that (App) an object defined in vb but not vba?
would the function then not have a return value or is it the same as saying
as Variant?
or should I change it from a function to a sub?
like I said, I don't remember why I was returning the app now, don't
remember if some prog is using the return value.
what say you?
THanks
Mark