how to invoke an external application

Tue Apr 1 12:30:10 CDT 2008

Hello,
How do I invoke an external application?
for example, when Matlab is used I can invoke the calculator by typing "!
calc" in the command bar.
I'm running Octave on Windos xp.

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Saludos.
Luis Nathán.
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