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Re: start external application? [message #35121]

Wed, 21 May 2003 05:38

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Ingo Salzmann (ingo.salzmann@vorzeichen.at) writes:

> is it possible to start an external applichation, like a web browser
> displaying a certain html file from within an IDL 5.4 application? This
> would be nice to use, say for a help file.

Use the SPAWN command. For example, I just start my
browser to look at the on-line help for my Coyote
Library programs by doing this:

IDL> Spawn, 'Start C:\coyoteguide\programs\doc.html'

Cheers,

David

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