Can mathcad act like a daemon?

[ben125]

I'm a newbie (don't know how to use mathcad), evaluating whether we should buy it. I need expert advice.

We have mathcad code that needs to be called from excel. I see a couple ways this could work:
1) if mathcad has a command line function that can be called from a DOS shell (e.g., "c:\mathcad.exe -i input.xls -o output.xls"), then excel can call mathcad when needed.

2) mathcad could run like a daemon, if it somehow can poll for an input file, and if it appears, mathcad will read the data, write an output file, and delete the input file... then return to polling.

Does anyone think this is possible/reasonable or have other ideas on how to do this?


Thanks in advance for you help,
Ben

 

[jghrist]

You can install a Mathcad add-in for Excel.

 

[IRstuff]

Mathcad also can have embedded Excel worksheets, so it wors both ways.

TTFN

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[ben125]

Thank you!

I appreciate your help and expertise.