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$Watch->ShowMessage("test message");
Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram
Calls and executes an external program through a specified command line. The program's
execution will be directed by the appropriate flags specified as this method's parameters.
Syntax
Watch.ExecuteExternalProgram const CommandLine: WideString; const WorkingDir:
WideString; ShowFlags: Integer;
WaitForTerminate: WordBool: integer;
const CommandLine: The command line to execute as a widestring.
const WorkingDir: The working directory for the execution of the command line as a
widestring.
ShowFlags: Integer value representing the flag to use during the execution of the command
line. These flags have an effect on the execution window opened by the
ExecuteExternalProgram procedure.
Flag
Effect
0 Hide the execution window.
1 Display the window normally.
2 Display the window minimized.
3 Display the window maximized.
4 Makes the window visible and brings it to the top, but does not make it the active
window.
WaitForTerminate : A Boolean value that, if true, pauses the script until the command line has
been fully executed.
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