Open .csv file in excel via Labwindows

Hello
After writing all my data in a .csv and closing it (using fclose), I would like to open this .csv file using Excel via a Labwindows command so that the user can see all the data. Is that possible? If yes, which function should I use?
Thanks

The simplest way of all is to issue the command OpenDocumentInDefaultViewer (): it should automatically open Excel with the document in it. It is equivalent of double-clicking the file in windows explorer.
If it does not opens the file, you must verify that in windows CSV file extension is correctly associated with Excel application.
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