Re: Runing External Files thru Ustation

From: Simon Wurster <swurster_at_NOSPAMworldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:46:02 -0500
Message-ID: <388E27AA.C403EA6A@NOSPAMworldnet.att.net>

Hi Courtney,
The generic command (built into MicroStation, works with Windows, maybe other OS's as well) is:

        start x:\file\path\here\name.exe which you can run from a key-in, menu item, tool palette, or macro using the MbeSendKeyin "" statement. Note that you can provide command line arguments after the .exe (if the .exe accepts them).

Sometimes you'll get errors (under NT only?):

        "Cannot find the UStn-32.txt file...."  - notepad.exe
        "The path 'x:\path\UStn-32' does not exist or is not a directory" -

explorer.exe
As a workaround, we use a macro that starts a Visual Basic app that calls the desired .exe, and everything works smoothly.

HTH,
Simon

Courtney Wright wrote:
>
> I'm looking for key-in commands that can be placed in the menu key-in
> textbox under customize that will run a file (ex: *.exe, *.bat, *.cmd,
> etc...) Is there a key-in command that will allow me to do this?
>
> If not, is that a ustation basic command that will allow me to do the same?
> If so, I could write a macro that calls the *.bat file, and then call the
> macro from the menu key-in. I prefer to be able to do it without using that
> macro.
>
> Thanks,
> Courtney

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