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RunTask.SetLaunchPath

Sets the path to be launched.

Deprecated

This function was deprecated. Use Shell functions instead.

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 13th June 2020

RunTask.SetCurrentDirectoryPath   -   RunTask.SetVerb

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