Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram

Calls and executes an external program through a specified command line. The program's execution will be directed by the appropriate flags specified as this method's parameters.

Syntax

Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram const CommandLine: WideString; const WorkingDir: WideString; ShowFlags: Integer; WaitForTerminate: WordBool: integer;

const CommandLine

The command line to execute as a widestring.

const WorkingDir

The working directory for the execution of the command line as a widestring.

ShowFlags

Integer value representing the flag to use during the execution of the command line. These flags have an effect on the execution window opened by the ExecuteExternalProgram procedure.

Flag	Effect
0	Hide the execution window.
1	Display the window normally.
2	Display the window minimized.
3	Display the window maximized.
4	Makes the window visible and brings it to the top, but does not make it the active window.

WaitForTerminate

A Boolean value that, if true, pauses the script until the command line has been fully executed.

Examples

JavaScript

Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram("lpr -S 192.168.100.001 -P auto c:\\myfile.ps", "c:\\", 0, true);

VBScript

Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram "lpr -S 192.168.100.001 -P auto c:\myfile.ps", "c:\", 0, true

Python

Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram("lpr -S 192.168.100.001 -P auto c:\\myfile.ps", "c:\\", 0, True)

Perl

$Watch->ExecuteExternalProgram("lpr -S 192.168.100.001 -P auto c:\\myfile.ps", "c:\\", 0, true);