Opening other applications from within Revolution

[Stgoldberg at aol.com]

Hi Phil,
No, I'm not interested in importing data from the Excel sheet into Rev, just 
opening an existing Excel application from a command in Rev.   I still can't 
seem to do this.   I've put the Excel file (and also the Excel application) 
into the same folder as the Revolution stack and just issued the command (let's 
say the Excel file is titled "Sample.xls"):

launch "Sample.xls" with "Microsoft Excel"
or
launch "Sample.xls" with "Excel"
but nothing happens

Am I using the wrong syntax, or can one only do this from a standalone Rev 
program?   Thanks.
Steve Goldberg

In a message dated 2/8/06 4:33:28 PM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com 
writes:

After reading Mathewson's post and re-reading yours, Steve, I'm guessing
I mis-answered earlier. You would rather get spreadsheet data out of the
spreadsheet and into Rev, right?