Shell Command

Launches an application.

Shell [/wait] [/displayStdout] [/displayStderr] [/command] <command-string>

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.

/displayStderr

/displayStdout

Displays in the message window any standard output from the program.

/noConnectOutPipes

/wait

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

command-string

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 the function Shell .

Notes

Console mode applications will be launched without the console. To run a console mode application in a manner such that the console is displayed, use the command ShellOld .