iLogic: How to trigger a standalone .exe

[Anonymous]

Hi

I've tried searching the forums for this one, but no luck.

Is it possible to have an iLogic rule trigger a standalone .exe?

Regards

Bredo Norhall

[jdkriek · Accepted solution]

Yes, that's possible with the VB Shell() command.

Just paste this in your rule.

Shell("C:\TEMP\NameOf.exe")

 Don't forget that iLogic is essentially Visual Basic 😉

[jletcher]

What are you trying to run with the exe file? Are you just trying to open something?

[Anonymous]

Thanks

[jdkriek]

You're welcome Bredo 😉

[Anonymous]

Hi Jonathan,

My "standalone.exe" gets triggered all right, but it hides behind the Inventor 2014 window. Although the Property: 'TopMost' of the form is set to True.

Do I need to add something in the rule or in the VB.net file?

Best Regards,

Hans Rosbergen

[Anonymous]

At last I found this syntax:  ThisDoc.Launch(“path\file.ext”) 

Wich works for me. It got it from:

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/...

Cheers

[David-Truyens]

@Anonymous Thanks! That's the only correct answer instead of fooling around with the topmost's and those kind of settings 🙂