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Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
Shell | 7.5 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
ShellRef | The reference number from the shell. | $shell | |
Encoding | The text encoding for result. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
UTF8 | Optional |
Returns text or error.
Loop and collect messages:
Set Variable [ $error ; Value: "" ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: "" ]
# Loop while app runs and collect messages
Loop
# Wait a second or till it quits
Set Variable [ $s ; Value: MBS( "Shell.Wait"; $shell; 1) ]
# And read output
Set Variable [ $error ; Value: $error & MBS( "Shell.ReadErrorText"; $shell; "UTF-8") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: $result & MBS( "Shell.ReadOutputText"; $shell; "UTF-8") ]
Set Field [ Shell::Error ; MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $error; 1) ]
Set Field [ Shell::Output ; MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $result; 1) ]
# exit when done
Exit Loop If [ MBS( "Shell.IsRunning"; $shell) ≠ 1 ]
End Loop
This function checks for a license.
Created 11st November 2017, last changed 28th January 2022