Siemens A31003-51730-U103-7619 5.11.85The Instruction StartProgram, Instructions, Description

The Elements of a DCO-Script

Instructions

5.11.85The Instruction "StartProgram"

Description

Use this Function Instruction to trigger an external document or program and, if needed, wait for it to be closed again.

Provided you enter a document for "Executable program" whose file extension is properly reg- istered under Windows, the system will start the corresponding program and open the docu- ment.

Arguments

Arguments	Description
Executable program	Editable combobox to specify the document or program you
	want to open or start, respectively.
	Here you can:
	● enter a string or
	● assign a Constant, Parameter or Variable of the data type
	string.
Parameter	Editable combobox to specify the prompting parameters.
	Here you can:
	● enter a string or
	● assign a Constant, Parameter or Variable of the data type
	string.
Wait for completion	Combobox to define if the you want the system to wait for the
	completion of the selected program.
	Here you can:
	● choose 0 if you do not want to wait for the program end,
	● choose 1 if you want to wait for the program end, or
	● assign a Constant, Parameter or Variable of the data type
	bool.

Table 5-153 The arguments of the Instruction StartProgram

Note

If you want to write e-mails from within your DCO-Script, all you need to do is create a new But- ton and assign a Function with this Function Instruction to it. Then simply enter "mailto:<E-Mail- Address>" (e.g.: mailto:my.admin@my-company.de) in the argument "Executable program".

In the same way you can also open a PDF-file by entering the full path of the file in the argument "Executable program", e.g.:

\\my-server\iso9001\standardoperatingprocedure\alarms\alarmcalls.pdf.

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