openbydoubleclick

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - CODING/DEVELOP
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 3.2, Creation date: 2016-12-29, Last change: 2025-09-14

opens/starts a file by the operating system

Description

on mac the command is system(['open' ]);
on pc the command is winopen();
The search sequence is:
a) if full path, use full path
b) use which to find such a file in the search path


See Also: desktopdir , matlabopen , editorwindow

Example Illustration

 missing image of openbydoubleclick (fname,aname,nn,ml)

Syntax

openbydoubleclick(fname,[aname,nn,ml])

Input Parameter

fname: Filename; default is in the desktopdir
aname: application name
nn: selector of fname, if fname is a cell list
ml: if true; the focus switches back to matlab; default is false!

Examples

Start a Video
openbydoubleclick('/Users/lueth/Desktop/2013-02-17 Video Sophie FT.m4v')
openbydoubleclick([desktopdir expname '.STL'])
openbydoubleclick([desktopdir expname '.STL'],'meshlab 1.3.3.app')




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