Open Application

Indrani125 · Post by **Indrani125** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:16 pm

How can I open application (ex-worpad or any other)through WinCC OA? Can we use System() for it?

adaneau · Post by **adaneau** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:23 pm

Hey,

Yes system() will work fine, just find the good path to the .exe.

Best
Alexandre

Indrani125 · Post by **Indrani125** » Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:10 am

I tried to open notepad but did not work.only command prompt is getting opened.Can you help?
main()

{

system("start cmd /start Notepad.exe");

}

leoknipp · Post by **leoknipp** » Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:10 pm

You can try it without "start cmd /start" and start only "Notepad.exe".
Possibly you have to use the full path to start an application.

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Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

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