Calling external programs (other than R or Matlab)

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BrsG
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Calling external programs (other than R or Matlab)

Postby BrsG » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:08 am

Hi there,

I would like to call/launch a simple exe (that fetches data from various sources) from within Eviews. No reference to functionality of that program - other than launching it - is required. Is there a way to do this?

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BrsG
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Re: Calling external programs (other than R or Matlab)

Postby BrsG » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:13 am

I should have mentioned that the program I would like to use is a command line type program that runs under DOS.
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Re: Calling external programs (other than R or Matlab)

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:18 am

Use either the SHELL or SPAWN commands.
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Re: Calling external programs (other than R or Matlab)

Postby BrsG » Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:26 am

Works. Many thanks.
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