Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at accessing the command line from Pharo - i.e., figuring out what it looked like. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the EmSystemConfiguration class (instance accessible via the System variable) in VA Smalltalk. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today we'll have a look at the instance of EmSystemConfiguration that gives you access to a number of basic APISs - System. If you browse the class, you can get a deeper idea than what we'll touch on here. Here's a list of some of the more useful things available:
System settings
System confirm: 'Should We Proceed?'
System imageVersion.
System vaVersion.
System vaVersionId.
System vmVersion.
System vmVersionId.
System saveImage.
System exit.
You can get the settings (from your default ini file), the version of the product you're running (useful if you need to support multiple versions of VA), pop up a simple confirmation dialog - and save or exit the image
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at launching external applications from Pharo, using Native Boost. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the fact that ObjectStudio is hosted within VisualWorks - which makes it possible to "step outside" of ObjectStudio, something that can be quite convenient. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at some variations on calling external applications from VA Smalltalk. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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That's all there is to it - just make sure that your argument string is valid for the application in question.
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at launching external applications from within VA Smalltalk - outside of the Composition Editor If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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That's all there is to it - just create an instance of AbtProgramStarter, and off you go. You will need to provide the full path (or ensure that the application's location is in your system's path).
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at default file handling in VisualWorks (and ObjectStudio). If you use the ExternalWebBrowser (badly named) class, you don't need to keep track of executable locations. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at getting Moose into a Pharo image. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at command line arguments in Cincom Smalltalk (VisualWorks and ObjectStudio). Not th eones supported out of the box - ones you set up for your own applications. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at filing code into ObjectStudio 8 - the rules differ a bit between slightly older versions and the latest. This can impact your project if you use command line scripting (for example, doing automated builds). If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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