Interface and other utilities

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There are several utilities that permit communication with other programs or the user.

 

 

ASK

Allows one to ask simple interactive questions of the end-user.

MSAPPAVAIL

Checks which Microsoft Office programs are installed

SHELLEXECUTE

Allows one to spawn an external program based on the file type of the document to open

XLSTalk

Allows for some simple communication with Excel

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: ShellExecute is a small wrapper program for the shellexecute Windows API call. It allows you to spawn an external program based on the file type of the document to open → Documentation.
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