ayoskovich/refresh_doc.R

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Close and re-open a word / powerpoint file from within R

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refresh_doc.R

	ref_doc <- function(fname, prog){
	system(paste0("TASKKILL /F /IM ", prog))
	browseURL(fname)
	}

	ref_doc('foo.docx',
	'winword.exe')

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