[vwnc] how to launch a Windows app from VW

Greetings,

I would like to launch a Windows app from within my VW app but I cannot
figure out how.  I have looked at Windows Goodies but that did not help me.

I know there was a screencast a long while back describing how to do
this but I cannot find it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Frank

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WinProcess new executeSingleCommand: 'notepad.exe'

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Greetings,

I would like to launch a Windows app from within my VW app but I cannot
figure out how.  I have looked at Windows Goodies but that did not help
me.

I know there was a screencast a long while back describing how to do
this but I cannot find it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Frank

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The simplest way to do it is:

ExternalProcess fork: 'ipconfig'

See the API on ExternalProcesss class side for more options.

Cheers,
Michael

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To open a document (using the associated app):

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/casts/stDaily/2007/smalltalk_daily-08-31-07.html

and:

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/casts/stDaily/2009/smalltalk_daily-03-09-09-lg.mp4

To start a specific executable,  see class WinProcess


To search for screencasts and podcast by keyword and tags,

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/mediasearch


James Robertson
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On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Squeaker wrote:

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This is the approach I've found that works:

openNotepad: aFilename
        ExternalProcess defaultClass shOne: 'start notepad.exe "', aFilename, '"'.

This lets Windows start notepad just as if you'd typed 'notepad' from a command line. This style replaces code that either messed up script argument interpretation or required finding where notepad.exe existed on a computer before executing in a specific path.

Paul Baumann

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Greetings,

I would like to launch a Windows app from within my VW app but I cannot figure out how.  I have looked at Windows Goodies but that did not help me.

I know there was a screencast a long while back describing how to do this but I cannot find it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Frank

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