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ST 4U 359: Starting External Programs in VA Smalltalk

March 20, 2013 6:55:32.457

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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Today we'll take a look at starting external applications from within VA Smalltalk. Previously, we've looked at doing that from the Composition Editor; today we'll just use Smalltalk code that can be dropped anywhere.


starter := AbtProgramStarter new. 
starter programName: 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'.
starter startProgram

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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