ShellOld Command

Launches an application. This behaves identically to the Shell command implemented on version 4.5 and earlier.

ShellOld [/wait] [/hide] [/icon] [/command] <command-name>

Parameters

/command

Calls system command processor to execute command-string . This is necessary to run internal commands such as Copy and Move. The command processor is usually CMD.EXE

/console

/hide

Start the program with the main window initially hidden.

/icon

Start the program in a minimised state.

/wait

If specified, application is launched synchronously. This means that SIMetrix will not continue until the application has closed.

command-name

File system path to executable file. This would usually be a binary executable but may be any file that is defined as executable by the operating system. If a full path is not specified, a search will be made for the file using the rules described in Shell .