Hi
I'm am able to launch a file in Excel directly from LC but I do not want to
hard code the path to excel in my app.
The following code works but is this the best way to handle this situation?
What would happen if Office were upgraded for example?
put $programFiles &"\" into tProgramFilesPath
put "Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe" into tStandardInstallPath
put tProgramFilesPath & tStandardInstallPath into tFullAppFilePath
launch fName with tFullAppFilePath
if the result is not empty
then
--excel not found
answer error "Excel cannot be located on your
system"&cr&cr&"Locate Excel or cancel?" with "Cancel" or "Find Excel"
if it is "Cancel" then exit to top
answer file "Locate Excel" with filter "EXE,*.exe"
put it into tAppPath
launch fName with tAppPath
end if
BTW this works for MSOffice 2003 and Win 7
Thanks in advance.
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Regards
Ian McKnight
iangmckni...@gmail.com
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