Topic: Using autocad Bottons to open regualar OS Programs

[MSTG007]

Can you set a property to an acad button to open the windows calc.exe and explorer... outlook.exe... any other program installed on your pc?

and is it easy to do? just kinda curious!


thanks

[ELOQUINTET]

this may not be the best way but try putting this in a button:

shell;calc.exe;

i used to have this as a button but i found it easier to just put a shortcut in my start menu

[MSTG007]

can that open other programs as well or just the calc.exe

[Keith™]

you can open anything with it...
Provided you supply the path to the executable

[Mark]

Using startapp you can do lots of stuff.

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(startapp "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE" "www.theswamp.org")

Command: (startapp "notepad.exe" "new.txt")


[M-dub]

I have a few on my own partial menu...mainly used these buttons for development, but not too much anymore...

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^C^C(startapp "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE" "O:/DRAWINGS/Menus-Blocks/terra.mnu")

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^C^C(command"notepad"(findfile"acad.pgp"))

(This one goes well with editing your pgp file...

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^C^C_RE-INIT 16

[nivuahc]

This is my favorite:

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^C^C(startapp "c:/windows/explorer.exe" (getvar "DWGPREFIX"))


Opens explorer in the directory you're currently working in.