Can NRS Script call external process?

robcom

I wish to call an external process (DLL.sub) if the value of a filed is changed to a particular value. Can this be done?

Initial experiments to Call/Run/Exec a simple test.exe fail when I enter in a line in the .nrs script like:

Sub EditProfileDlg_OnOK(dlg)

MsgBox "Edit ProfileDlg Fire OnOK"
'Test for value...

Call C:\temp\test.exe

End Sub

Has anyone achieved this?

DaleN

You can call an external process from NRS / VBScript using the Windows Script Host object (reference materials should be available on Microsoft's MSDN website). Here's a sample that launches the Viewer application:


Option Explicit

Const nrClass = 8

Sub EditProfileDlg_OnOK(pDlg)

Dim objClass
Dim WshShell

Set objClass = pDlg.GetAttributeByID(nrClass)

If objClass.Name = "DOC" Then

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Note: need two additional sets of double quotes when launching applications in paths that include spaces (i.e. 3 sets in total on each end)
WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\Interwoven\WorkSite\view32.exe"""

End If

End Sub