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    Open Windows Calculator

    This will open the Windows Calculator from ThinBasic.

    Uses "OS"
    
    
    
    CallBack Function XXXXXXXX() as long
    '----------------------------------------------------------------
        Select Case CbMsg
            Case %WM_INITDIALOG
            Case %WM_SIZE
     
            Case %WM_COMMAND
                Select Case CbCtl
    
    
    Case %open_calc  
                       Dim utility_path As String = "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
                       OS_ShellExecute("open", utility_path, "", "", %OS_WNDSTYLE_NORMAL)
    
       End Select
    

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    Hi Steinie,

    thanks for the code snippet. Regarding the path - although it might seem impossible, some users (me on my desktop) do not have Windows installed on C drive.
    How to solve such a situation? How to detect Windows path?

    This is where OS module can help with OS_GetSpecialFolder.

    The code snippet than changes to:
    Uses "OS"
    
    String utility_path = OS_GetSpecialFolder(%CSIDL_SYSTEM)+"calc.exe"
    OS_ShellExecute("open", utility_path, "", "", %OS_WNDSTYLE_NORMAL)
    

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    Here is a ScriptBasic Ubuntu Linux 64 example of popping up a calculator.

    rtncode = EXECUTE("gcalctool",-1,procid)
    

    -1 - Wait until external program finishes. (or the number of seconds before timing out)

    procid - If the external program errors, the process ID is returned in this variable

    rtncode - exit code of the external program


    Another ScriptBasic option is to execute the external program asynchronously in it's own process.

    procid = SYSTEM("gcalctool")
    
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