Miscellaneous Functions

 

Miscellaneous functions handle some actions used in special formulas and evaluations.

 

ALERT

Displays a standard dialog box with he text given. Clicking the OK button closes the dialog box.

 

BEEP

Beeps the computer's speaker.

 

LAUNCH

This function executes a shell command line and returns the output of the script or program. This function is identical to SYSTEM except that it executes the command asynchronously and does not return any output from the command.

 

SYSTEM

This function executes a shell command line and returns the output of the script or program. The output is returned as text. The optional parameter is used for standard input to the shell command.