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Calling an external executable[.exe] using SKILL

I was trying to find a way using SKILL function so as to call an executable (some .exe) from within a SKILL script .....

Can anyone direct me some help/pointers

Thanks again for the help

skillUser over 16 years ago

Hi,
first the disclaimer, I work with SKILL in the Custom IC (CIC) tools, though it is very similar.
You can either use one of the sh(), csh(), or shell() commands to initiate an external job, or you can use the ipc* commands such as ipcBeginProcess(), ipcSkillProcess(), or ipcBatchProcess(). Use the latter if you need to communicate with the job/process, or the former approach if you can just start the job and don't need to send anything to it or receive any output from it.
Hopefully this answers your question.
Regards,
Lawrence.
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imagesensor123 over 14 years ago

Hi,
yes, we can use the Ipc command to communicate with the external tool, especially the .exe file. but here, i met a problem, i want to call the "gimp" a system viewer tool (view image) in linux, and i want to call it in my form by pushing a button, so can you give me some opinions?
Regards,
zfeng
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imagesensor123 over 14 years ago

Hi,
i used a command in the CIW like this icpBeginProcess("eog filename"), it works very well.
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Ejlersen over 14 years ago

Hi
You could use axlRunBatchDBProgram
Best regards
Ole
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