(startapp appname [filename])

Launch this Windows application.

This function starts any other Windows application appname. Optionally, it also loads a filename into that application. When successful, the startapp function returns an integer greater than 2; when unsuccessful, it returns 2.

Examples

Code	Returns
(startapp "wordpad" "basedcl.dcl")	31679
(startapp "junk")	2

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