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RunTask.SetLaunchPath

Sets the path to be launched.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
Path	The new path for current working directory.	"notepad.exe"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Examples

Launch a Java application on Mac:

MBS( "RunTask.NewTask" )
# you launch java
MBS( "RunTask.SetLaunchPath"; "/usr/bin/java" )
# and pass jar file as arguments followed by other arguments
MBS( "RunTask.SetArguments"; "-jar" ; "/Applications/test/java.jar"; "Hello" )
MBS( "RunTask.Launch")

See also

• RunTask.GetLaunchPath
• RunTask.Launch
• RunTask.NewTask
• RunTask.ReadErrorText
• RunTask.SetArguments
• RunTask.Wait
• URLScheme.SetDefaultHandler

Example Databases

• RunTask/Run Shell Script on Mac
• RunTask/RunTask Windows
• RunTask/RunTask with read and write on Mac
• RunTask/RunTask

Blog Entries

• Tip of the day: Query connected clients on FileMaker Server by script

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 19th May 2017

RunTask.SetCurrentDirectoryPath   -   RunTask.SetVerb

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