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mixmog
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I'd like PF to start an external application when it loads, using a command. Is this possible?
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Yes. See the control commands in the Appendix of the user manual. EXEC_...
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I see that it would be an exec command, the question is, which one.

EXEC_COMMAND_FILE looks to be most likely, but the description seems to indicate that this command would only execute further PF commands.

Please can you clarify which command I should use to start a .bat or .exe?
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Maybe you find an EXEC command with the word SHELL in its name...
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Have you found it?
If not, look at EXEC_SHELL_COMMAND, that's the command to start an external app from within ProppFrexx.

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