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Start external programs

Use view wrappers No tip for this topic Example: Start a graphics editor Test using the Form Input Checker

You can start a non-VisualAge program from your application. To start an external program, use a Program Starter part.

Adding a Program Starter part

To add a Program Starter part to your application:

  1. Open a Composition Editor on the visual part from which you want to start an external program.
  2. Select External Functions category icon , the External Functions category, and then Program Starter icon , the Program Starter part.
  3. Click on the free-form surface.

Specifying the program

Now, specify the program you want started:

  1. Open the Program Starter part's Settings window.
  2. Change the settings as follows:
  3. Select OK.

Finally, connect an event, such as clicked for a push button, to the startProgram action of the Program Starter part.


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