Run External program

[lvanoli]

How can I run an external program when loaded a specific airplane?

Something like:

[Programs.aircraft ]

Runif

[Pete Dowson]

How can I run an external program when loaded a specific airplane?

You'd need to write a small (one-line) Lua plug-in to do this, and have it executed by a profile or aircraft-specific [Auto ...] section in the FSUIPC INI.

Pete

[lvanoli]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I have written the single line program, this is the istruction:

handle, error = ext.runif("E:\PROGRA~1\IFLYTO~1.03\IFLYTO~1.EXE")

i used long names and short names but the result is always the same:

128139 LUA.0: Global: handle = 0

128155 LUA.0: Global: error = 2

"file not found" is correct?

i did copy and paste the text string in widows+r and everything works.

[Pete Dowson]

handle, error = ext.runif("E:\PROGRA~1\IFLYTO~1.03\IFLYTO~1.EXE")

i used long names and short names but the result is always the same:

128139 LUA.0: Global: handle = 0

128155 LUA.0: Global: error = 2

"file not found" is correct?

Yes. In strings the \ character is an escape character, so that, for example, \n can be used for "new line". To get a true \ character you need to put \\ each time.

Also, I'm not too sure about those 8-char DOS abbreviated names. They may not work in the normal C library API calls which the Lua interpreter is using.

Pete

[lvanoli]

Thank Pete,

Now all work, also with DOS abbreviated names.