executing an external system command from within a SAP interface

[Andi McBurnie]

Hi,

I am trying to find a code example for executing an external system command
from within a sap screen. Adding a button to the screen and calling an excel
spreadsheet from within the button click code.

Any help would be appreciated.

Andi

[Andreas Plewe]

[...] I am trying to find a code example for executing an external

system

command from within a sap screen. Adding a button to the screen and
calling an excel spreadsheet from within the button click code.

[...]

What about method CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>EXECUTE or obsolete
function module WS_EXECUTE to start a program on the presentation
server.

Example to open file EXCEL.XLS in folder c:\temp:

REPORT execute.
CALL METHOD CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>EXECUTE
EXPORTING
APPLICATION = 'EXCEL'
PARAMETER = 'c:\temp\excel.xls'.

Regards
Andreas

[Markus Humm]

Post by Andi McBurnie
Hi,
I am trying to find a code example for executing an external system command
from within a sap screen. Adding a button to the screen and calling an excel
spreadsheet from within the button click code.
Any help would be appreciated.
Andi

You can start Excel even in your SAP GUI WIndow, if you're using 4.6+.
You'd use ABAP Opjects then and the office integration provided with it.

Greetings

Markus