I've built a graphical application with VBA for excel.

Now I'd like to be able to run the application directly (the gui loads up instead of the workbook, with excel running in the background (preferable not visible).

Upto now I haven't been able to find how to do this, but I might have been using the wrong keywords in my searches.

Could anyone give me to code to accomplish this, or link me to a page/thread where this is discussed?

thanks in advance.