B4J Question Run / start a windows application from menu in b4J (Solved)

[Colin Evans]

Hi, I'm sure it must be documented but I can't find it anywhere, how do I run /start another program from within my B4J application, thanks in advance

 

[behnam_tr]

See jShell library.

jShell library

The jShell library allows you to start other programs. It is based on Apache Commons Exec project: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-exec/index.html The programs are always started asynchronously. ProcessComplete event is raised when the process completes. The following code will run...

www.b4x.com

or

fx.ShowExternalDocument("your link") 'for exe files

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

if you mean UI project then you can use

fx.showexternaldocument

this is good when you want to open a workbook with excel for example.

or you can use jshell

jShell library

The jShell library allows you to start other programs. It is based on Apache Commons Exec project: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-exec/index.html The programs are always started asynchronously. ProcessComplete event is raised when the process completes. The following code will run...

www.b4x.com

 

[Colin Evans]

Enrique Gonzalez R, thank you problem solved

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

just as a funny comment, my guess of why you couldnt find jshell is because you were looking for windows application. Steve Jobs changed all the other words (program for example) in our minds to app. i am sure that if you looked for Start Program you could have found it right away.