Activates (launches) the A-Shell application.

Syntax

Application.Activate CmdLineParameters

Parameters

CmdLineParameters

An optional String value containing the same command line parameters which are supported when A-Shell is launched from the command prompt. This controls the way in which the A-Shell application is initialised.

Remarks

When an A-Shell Application object is created, the A-Shell window is not shown, and main A-Shell processing not started until the Activate method is called. This provides the opportunity to control whether the A-Shell window is to be invisible – with the Visible property – and to control the way in which A-Shell is to operate - with the command line parameters specified to the Activate method. For example, the following Visual BASIC code sequence would launch A-Shell with a specific initialisation file:

Dim oAshell as ASHW32Lib.Application
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Set oAShell = New ASHW32Lib.Application
oAShell.Activate “-i C:\TEST\MIAME2.INI”