Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 Programming Inside Out

Chapter 21. Excel and Other Office Applications

Starting Another Application

Activating Another Application

Binding

Interacting with Other Office Applications

Working with Multiple Applications to Get the Job Done

In the early days of personal computing, communication between multiple applications was rare. The idea of sharing data between two applications meant retyping the information required. However, with today’s technologies, communication between applications occurs with most software, although the user usually is unaware of the communication. Thank goodness sharing data between two applications has become as simple as a drag and drop operation.

The Microsoft Office application programs, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access, ...