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The OpenExternal Activity opens an external document or executable file, also using optional arguments.
=Description=
{{ActivityInfoBox
| title = Open External
| version = 2.4+
}}
===Arguments===
{| class="wikitable sortable" | width = "50%"
|}
===Usage===
The activity is used to open file documents or executable files during the execution of a workflow. It can be used to open and show documents like Excel files, JPG pictures etc but also to execute a batch file if needed.
{{Attention|Opening any (proprietary) document type requires that a corresponding application is available on the machine, for example Microsoft Office for an Excel document.}}
===Open an Excel document===
Show the Excel file ''E:\Results.xlsx'':
