Call External Applications usine OLE

Hi Experts,
I have a requirement to call External Application in ABAP.
For Ex:- you might have seen Word document being called in the SAP Screens for the documentation or in the Text Editor using OLE. similarly I need to call an external application like calculator in the SAP Screen.
Can you one give inputs regarding this.

Hi KesDev,
If it so that you want a calculator on the SAP screen then there is function module available in SAP.
In SE37 search for * CALCULATOR * you might be able to find one, since i am not on the system right now that's why i am not able to give you the exact name.
This is the Function Module,
DATA: amount_out TYPE ptrv_fname,
         amount_in TYPE ptrv_fname.
CALL FUNCTION 'FITRV_CALCULATOR'
    EXPORTING
      input_value          = amount_in
      currency             = ztable-waerk
      start_column         = '120'
      start_row            = '2'
    IMPORTING
      output_value         = amount_out
    EXCEPTIONS
      invalid_input        = 1
      calculation_canceled = 2
      OTHERS               = 3.
Hope it helps you,
Regards,
Abhijit G. Borkar
Edited by: Abhijit Borkar on Feb 8, 2010 10:37 AM

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