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.