PBSmodelling (version 2.68.8)

openFile: Open a File with an Associated Program

Description

Open a file using the program that the operating system (Windows/Mac OS X/Linux) associates with its type. Users wishing to override the default application can specify a program association using setPBSext.

Usage

openFile(fname, package=NULL)

Value

An invisible string vector of the file names and/or commands with file names.

Arguments

fname

character vector, containing file names to open.

package

(optional) open files relative to this package.

Author

Alex Couture-Beil, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC

See Also

getPBSext, setPBSext, clearPBSext, writePBSoptions

Examples

if (FALSE) {
local(envir=.PBSmodEnv,expr={
  # use openFile directly:
  openFile( "doc/PBSmodelling-UG.pdf", package="PBSmodelling" )
})
local(envir=.PBSmodEnv,expr={
  # via doAction in a window description file:
  createWin( "button text=help func=doAction width=20 pady=25 bg=green
  action=\"openFile(`doc/PBSmodelling-UG.pdf`,package=`PBSmodelling`)\"", astext=TRUE)
})
local(envir=.PBSmodEnv,expr={
  # Set up Firefox to open .html files (only applicable if Firefox is NOT default web browser)
  setPBSext("html", '"c:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe" file://%f')
  openFile("foo.html")
})
}