SystemStartApp

Demonstrates how to start a system application that is associated to a specific file extension.

Remarks

This example illustrates how to start up a Web browser and display the contents of the following URL: https://catalyst.earth.

On Windows this currently uses the ShellExecute() system call. This will utilize the application defined in the windows registry for use with files of the given extension. If the string passed is an URL, then the default system web browser will be launched.

On UNIX systems where there is no association of file extension to application, this will not work and not supported.

Code

 if (SystemStartApp("https://catalyst.earth") = 1.0 ) then
     Print "Browser started on the PCI Geomatics home page.";
 endif