Re: Lauching application from an icon
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- Subject: [mg110565] Re: Lauching application from an icon
- From: "Chris Degnen" <degnen at cwgsy.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:09:06 -0400 (EDT)
Hi David, I simply mean launch an icon and evaluate cells in one go. For instance, by a command from the command line, which could be put in a batch file. David Park asked: > > What do you mean by: "launch a Mathematica application...directly from an > icon"? > > It is specific notebooks that are "launched" by Mathematica. In Windows, > at > least, you can simply drag a notebook to the desktop and create an icon. > When you double-click the icon the notebook will open. I suppose one could > also put the notebook on the task bar and open it with a single click. > (The > notebook itself might have initialization cells that load any packages in > the application, and maybe even bring up the main documentation guide > page.) > > Often, when I am working on some project that has many notebooks in a > folder, I create a shortcut icon for the folder on the desktop. It's easy > to > create these and then delete them when you are no longer using them. > > I don't know if that is what you are thinking of. > > I also have a shortcut icon on my desktop that links to a folder that > contains links to the common folders that I often use. > > I also have a CurrentBackup folder on my desktop (not a shortcut) where I > can copy current notebooks I am working on as a temporary backup between > system or DVD backups. > > > David Park > djmpark at comcast.net > http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ > > > > From: Chris Degnen [mailto:degnen at cwgsy.net] > > I have still found no way to launch a Mathematica application in > the front-end, directly from an icon (or via cmd). > On a previous thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/ > thread/022d34bca79f6375?pli=1 > > the following were suggested, but they don't work. Any ideas? > > (cmd line) start foo.nb > containing: > UsingFrontEnd[ > nb = NotebookOpen["MYFILETOEXECUTE.nb"]; > SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]; > FrontEndTokenExecute[nb, "EvaluateCells"]; > ] > > or > > MathKernel -noprompt -run "(*some command*);Quit[]" > > > On Jun 11, 12:58 pm, Chris Degnen <deg... at cwgsy.net> wrote: >> Is there some way to start a Mathematica application from an icon? >> I tried using a batch file to no avail, e.g. >> >> @echo off >> "C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\7.0\Mathematica.exe" - >> run KernelExecute[Get["MyPrograms`StartDialog`"]] >> >> There are only two command-line options shown here:- >> >> http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/program/Mathematica.html > > > > >