VC4 Processes in MappView

[Bram_Couckuyt]

Hi everyone,

We are currently migrating from VC4 to MappView. In our VC4 projects, we used a lot of Processes to open windows applications, but I cannot find a direct equivalent in mappView.

What is the recommended alternative for this logic?

Thanks in advance!

[alexander.hefner]

Hi,

there’s no similar functionality in mappView available.
Some brainstorming about how to solve it was done in this thread:

Triggering an application on client OS via mapp View

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Best regards!

[kovarj (Jaroslav Kovar)]

Unfortunately, there is no equivalent in mapView to process what you know from VC4. It would not work from a security standpoint anyway (page shown in web browsers cannot access the OS). I would personally solve it using a local script and find a way to trigger it.

[kovarj (Jaroslav Kovar)]

Hi @Bram_Couckuyt , I marked Alex overview as a possible solution, but feel free to continue in discussion if needed. Would be great how have you solved it finally, can be inspiration for others. Thanks.