Controlling an external application from Word

[ricaforrica]

Hello!

I have a Word medical report and a audio file with the info which must be written. There is a simple application who runs the audio file. What I want to know is if I can send a play/pause instruction to that application from Word!

Is there anyway to do this? I believe I could create a "play" and "pause" macros (and associate them to a key, for instance)...

I thank anyone who could help me!
Best regards,

Ricardo Pinto.

 

[fumei]

Could you give more details of this external app? Is it VBA compliant?

Gerry

 

[ricaforrica]

Hey Gerry!

The application was developed here in my company, so I believe we can possibly change it to suit our needs...

I know it is a simple play/stop/pause controller.. I'm going to check with my colleague who developed it and then I'll share more info about that application.

Keep in touch!
Thanks,

Ricardo.

Ps: if you know a more simple way of playing/pausing a sound file from word (from toolbar or key shortcut), I will forget the application we have