start external script,bat or exe file from inside Archicad

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm new to Archicad and a beginner regarding scripting and/or programming. I'm looking for a way to start a external exe or .bat file from inside Archicad. I have added a new menu entry via workenviroment->menus. can some one help me get started with this, maybe show me an example

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure what are you trying to achieve. However, this seems not able to work like it. In workenviroment->menus you just refer to internal Archicad commands or addon.

[Anonymous]

@kzaremba
Yes I know, I can see that my explanation is a little off. My intention is to make a add-on to put in that menu entry.. this add-on is supposed to start a external .bat, vbs or exe file of my choice.

[Ralph Wessel]

I suggest signing up on the ARCHICAD API website and taking a look at some of the example projects. Most of them add at least one menu item, and you could start by just replacing whatever code the example contains.