To give users a quick start in connecting specific applications to an ArisFlow flowchart, a number of examples are distributed with the ArisFlow installation (as some are listed below).

All examples should work on current Windows versions.

Execute a VBA macro in ArcMap (ArcView/ArcEditor/ArcInfo).

Execute a Python Geoprocesssing script in ArcMap (ArcView/ArcEditor/ArcInfo).

Execute a model in Modelbuilder (ArcView/ArcEditor/ArcInfo).

View data in ArcMap (ArcView/ArcEditor/ArcInfo).

Controlling ArcInfo:

Executes ArcInfo commands (AML) locally. ArcInfo is running on the same machine .

Executes ArcInfo commands (AML), where ArcInfo is running on a remote machine (UNIX or Windows). In this example, ArisFlow is running on Windows.

Controlling ArcView3:

Executes ArcView commands (Avenue).

Executes ArcView scripts (Avenue), the script is stored in ArisFlow.

Executes ArcView scripts (Avenue), the script is a file on disk.

Executes ArcView/Spatial Analyst scripts (Avenue), the script is a file on disk.

Executes MapInfo commands (MapBasic).

Execute Idrisi commands.

Access Oracle tables and execute SQL queries (using ADO).

Access SQLServer tables and execute SQL queries (using ADO).

Executes calculations on an Access database.

Executes calculations in an Excel spreadsheet.

Opens a file in Word, adds text and modifies the lay-out.

Controlling MS-DOS:

Call a DOS command.

Call a program executed in the DOS-shell.

Controlling MS-Windows:

Execute a manual action: let the end-user answer a question.

Send keys to the Windows Calculator and show the result in Notepad.

Examples also include the use of ADO, COM, VBScript and DDE.