RUNPROG Macro Command

Run any external process from a macro, such as a batch file or executable file, including a batch file.

The general syntax for this macro command is:

!runprog $exprog#=MyProgram.exe
!if $exprog#=0, then
!echo ERROR: Program file $program_file# not found
!endif

Where:

• MyProgram.exe is the program you wish to execute.

• The environment variable $exprog# will be set to zero or 1 depending on whether the program is found.

The macro will wait until the program has finished running before continuing its own processing (it is not asynchronous).

Tip: The external program should be placed in the current project folder, or you could write a batch file in the project folder that references an executable program elsewhere.

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• OPSYS Macro Command