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Hi,

I have an external C program I am running which creates a file and then writes to this file.
My LiveCode app launches this external C app. However, the file which should be created by my external app never does get created in this scenario.
If I run the external application by itself on the command line the file always is created.

I am using:
launch(applicationname.exe)

Do I need to specify more parameters?

Any insights?

Thanks!

Hi tasdvl9,
Since it works with the command line you should be able to shell("yourFile").

Simon

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the response. The only issue is the shell command is blocking. My external C executable is constantly
writing to a file while(1) . I'd like to execute my C program, have it run in the background and then use my LiveCode app to
look at the file which was created by the C application. Unfortunately, the file is never created. It is only created when I run the
C app from the command line.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

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