pymel.core.system.launch¶
- launch(*args, **kwargs)¶
Launch the appropriate application to open the document, web page or directory specified.
Flags:
Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties directory / dir unicode A directory. movie / mov unicode A movie file. The only acceptable movie file formats are MPEG, Quicktime, and Windows Media file. The file’s name must end with .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .wmv, .mov, or .qt. pdfFile / pdf unicode A PDF (Portable Document Format) document. The file’s name must end with .pdf. webPage / web unicode A web page. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. Derived from mel command maya.cmds.launch
Example:
import pymel.core as pm #launch a web browser to open webpage http://www.autodesk.com pm.launch(web="http://www.autodesk.com") # Result: u'http://www.autodesk.com' #