Method run.itSafe

Overload

Calls run.it and handles exceptions. If it throws exception, writes it to the output as warning and returns null.

public static RResult itSafe(string file, string args = null, RFlags flags = 0, ROptions dirEtc = null)
Parameters
file  (string)

Examples:

  • @"C:\file.txt"
  • folders.Documents
  • folders.System + "notepad.exe"
  • @"%folders.System%\notepad.exe"
  • @"%TMP%\file.txt"
  • "notepad.exe"
  • @"..\folder\x.exe"
  • "http://a.b.c/d"
  • "file:///path"
  • "mailto:[email protected]"
  • ":: ITEMIDLIST"
  • @"shell:::{CLSID}"
  • @"shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App".
args  (string)

Command line arguments. This function expands environment variables if starts with "%" or "\"%".
flags  (RFlags)
dirEtc  (ROptions)

Allows to specify more parameters: current directory, verb, etc. If string, it sets initial current directory for the new process. If "", gets it from file. More info: ROptions.CurrentDirectory.
Returns
RResult

Remarks

This function is useful when you don't care whether it succeeded and don't want to use try/catch. Handles only exception of type AuException. It is thrown when fails, usually when the file does not exist.

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