Starting Excel from within Progress

[vinay_sh]

<div align=""><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"> Taken from the Progress manuals -
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PROCEDURE WinExec EXTERNAL "kernel32.dll":
DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER prog_name AS CHARACTER.
DEFINE INPUT PARAMETER visual_style AS SHORT.
END PROCEDURE. /* WinExec */

RUN WinExec (INPUT "Excel /e", INPUT 1) NO-ERROR. /* 1=normal, 2=minimized */
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This doesn't work, the Excel application does not start. Any ideas why?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.</font></div>

 

[Wilbert]

<div align="Left"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"> Hi,

I never tried that method.

Another way to start Excel from within Progress is given in an example-source delivered with Progress.

See %DLC%\src\samples\activex\excelgraphs\oleauto.p.

Hope this helps.

Wilbert.
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[vinay_sh]

<div align=""><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"> Worked great with the COM Object impl of Excel. Thanks Wilbert!</font></div>

 

[Chris Kelleher]

<div align="Left"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"> I think Wilbert's way is probably the best... starting Excel as a COM Object is the easiest way.

If you do need to start other applications using API calls, you really should use ShellExecute, instead of using WinExec. There is more information on ShellExecute and many other API calls available at http://www.global-shared.com/

Hope this helps,
-Chris</font></div>

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Chris Schreiber
ProgressTalk.com Manager
chris@fast4gl.com

 

[Pradeep Madhavan Nair]

The link goes to some website which sells cell phones.

 

[Casper]

Well, it was an old post. Site has moved to (integrated with):
http://www.oehive.org/


Regards,

Casper.