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Launch
Applies to Arbortext IsoDraw 7.0 F000 and later:
Starts an external application.
LAUNCH"app""cmd"
app
(string) Filename and path to the external application to be started.
cmd
(string) Parameters to be passed to the application on start-up.
If the application starts, the LAUNCH command returns the application’s process ID. If the application fails to start, the LAUNCH command returns zero.
# Open Macro-Logfile with Notepad
MACRO Show_Logfile
LAUNCH "C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe" "C:\ ... \macro.log"
END MACRO