Launch external app from menu item

John O'Brien

Hi all,



I am having trouble trying to launch an external or batch file or exe with paramater from my new menu item in a have a C# rule.

Can anyone help me out?



Thanks,

John

Paolo Manfrin

Hi John,

what's the problem you are having exactly?

Please could you post your code? Thanks paolo

John O'Brien

Hi Paolo,



Managed it with the following code..

Didnt know if I needed something special to call the external exe or bat, but its all working now



Thanks,

John







try

{

if(SwissAddonFramework.UI.Dialogs.MessageBox.Show("Create Manual Store Picks", "OK", "Cancel", SwissAddonFramework.UI.Dialogs.MessageBox.Buttons.Button1) == SwissAddonFramework.UI.Dialogs.MessageBox.Buttons.Button1)

{

string fileName = @"C:\Runscript.bat";

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);

}

}

catch(System.Exception exe)

{

MessageBox.Show("Error: " + exe.Message, "OK");

}