Calling Arena from other application

[lthoa]

Hi there,

I'm planning to develop an application (using C++, C#, Java or whatever) which gives users some user interfaces to modify the data, e.g. an Excel file (which is quite difficult to do in Arena). Then I would like to call Arena to run based on that modified data. My question is if it is possible to do so and if yes by which means, e.g VBA?

[Hirotaro]

It is possible to do using e.g. VBA. For more info look into:

Automation Programmer's Reference from Arena Help
Simulation with Arena by Kelton - chapter 9: Arena Integration and Customization

[lthoa]

Thank you, you alway help, Hirotaro.

I think I'm wrong in the previous post by saying that it's difficult to build some user interface with Arena. On the contrary, it's also possible to develop some UI in Arena using e.g. VBA.