Application Xtra

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Created by Kevin Richard Fink
April 5th 2007

THIS XTRA IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT ANY IMPLIED WARRANTEE! FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

This is a work in progress xtra, as such some features are not yet fully operational. Here is the current status of each call:

Beta features:

RunApp(String Path, String Args) -- Runs an exe

RunAppMinimized(String Path, String Args) -- Runs an exe minimized

RunAppMaximized(String Path, String Args) -- Runs an exe maximized

RunAppHidden(String Path, String Args) -- Runs an exe hidden

AppDone() -- Returns true if any running app has exited

INSTALLATION

Simply extract and copy "ApplicationXtra.x32" to your xtra directory of your Director Installation

HOW TO USE

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RunApp(Object me, String Path, String Args)

DESCRIPTION:

Runs an exe

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.RunApp("C:\Windows\Notepad.exe","")

--USE WITH APP DONE
on enterframe
if object.appDone() then
alert "Application Closed!"
end if
end if

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RunAppMinimized(Object me, String Path, String Args)

DESCRIPTION:

Runs an exe minimized

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.RunAppMinimized("C:\Windows\Notepad.exe","")

--USE WITH APP DONE
on enterframe
if object.appDone() then
alert "Application Closed!"
end if
end if

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RunAppMaximized(Object me, String Path, String Args)

DESCRIPTION:

Runs an exe maximized

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.RunAppMaximized("C:\Windows\Notepad.exe","")

--USE WITH APP DONE
on enterframe
if object.appDone() then
alert "Application Closed!"
end if
end if

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RunAppHidden(Object me, String Path, String Args)

DESCRIPTION:

Returns an exe hidden

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.RunAppHidden("C:\Windows\Notepad.exe","")

--USE WITH APP DONE
on enterframe
if object.appDone() then
alert "Application Closed!"
end if
end if

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AppDone (Object me)

DESCRIPTION:

Returns true if any application you called has closed

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.RunApp("C:\Windows\Notepad.exe","")

on enterframe
if object.appDone() then
alert "Application Closed!"
end if
end if

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MessageBox(Object me, String Title, String Message)

DESCRIPTION:

Creates a dialog box

USAGE:
object = new(xtra "ApplicationXtra")
object.MessageBox("Title","Message")