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In https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Vision+Client+Launcher there’s a command line section where it describes the commands for Windows and Linux to launch projects from cmd/terminal. It’s pretty obvious that Linux command should work for MacOs terminal. However, it seems not to work because I can’t find the visionclientlauncher.sh anywhere on Mac. Please some help!
Mine was installed in the Applications folder and is called “Client Launcher.app”
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MacOS can perform this using the open command as well: open -a /Users/tester/Desktop/Vision\ Client\ Launcher.app --args -Dapplication=MY_APPLICATION
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Great @jcoffman thanks, was this part of
that I didn't realized how to use. In addition, I want to add some knowledge. If a project has a empty space between it's better to use \ and not %20 as suggests in docs.
Thanks
The launcher application should use %20 - the \ in JJ’s example is escaping the space in the filename (common to POSIX shells); %20 is HTML-escaping the space for the parsing logic specific to Ignition.
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running for MacOS terminal the %20 didn’t work for me, instead \ did work
@PGriffith or @jcoffman I need an advice, now I’m trying to run this command from system.util.execute in a button in a MacOS Client but I can’t make it work. For example, for Windows I need to call “cmd.exe” in Ubuntu there’s not need o call the terminal. How about MacOS?
Well, you can do two things:
- use the
opencommand, though you will likely need to do some fancy calling from a bash script or something - call the bundled executable within the .app directly. like
...Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Vision\ Client\ Launcher -Dapplication=MY_APPLICATION
I understand your point sir, you’re right the %20 would be valid inside a Ignition function.
The \ is valid within MacOS terminal.
Is good to make that clarification
For testing I will just try to launch Vision Client Launcher app first with no project specified
I still don’t make it work. In a button script:
system.util.execute(['open -a /Applications/Vision\ Client\ Launcher.app'])
But in MacOS terminal
And it opens the app!!
For bundle execution:
system.util.execute(['/Applications/Vision\ Client\ Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Vision\ Client\ Launcher'])
also
system.util.execute(['/Applications/'+"Vision\\ Client\\ Launcher.app"+'/Contents/MacOS/'+"Vision\\ Client\\ Launcher"])
Even giving the full path:
system.util.execute(['/User/localhost/Application...
For all of those I have the
error
try this?
system.util.execute(["/Applications/Vision Client Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Vision Client Launcher", "-Dapplication=MY_APPLICATION"])
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Awesome, it worked…the problem was those \ , I should have tried that…
Thanks @jcoffman
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