acet-sys-spawn (AutoLISP/Express Tools)

Executes an external program.

Supported Platforms: AutoCAD for Windows only; not available in AutoCAD LT for Windows, or on Mac OS and Web

Signature

(acet-sys-spawn flags command [argument ...])

flags

Type: Integer

A bitcode of flags indicating how the external program should be executed.

Supported flags:

• 1 - wait for the program to complete
• 2 - run program minimized

command

Type: String

Name of the external program.

argument

Type: String

A set of arguments to be passed to the external program.

Return Values

Type: Integer

If this function waits for program completion the return value is the exit code from the program, otherwise the return value is the process ID for the new process. See acet-sys-term and acet-sys-wait for more information.