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There are several utilities that permit communication with other programs or the user.
ASK
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Allows one to ask simple interactive questions of the end-user.
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MSAPPAVAIL
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Checks which Microsoft Office programs are installed
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SHELLEXECUTE
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Allows one to spawn an external program based on the file type of the document to open
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XLSTalk
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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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