Run executables within Board

Tony Teixeira
Tony Teixeira Active Partner
Second Anniversary Board Developer Level 200: Building A Planning Solution in Board Level 100: Foundations of Building in Board
edited May 2023 in Platform

Hi,

Is it possible to launch external applications within Board, ex open a MSWord file directly from Board?

Thank you.

Cheers,

Tony

Answers

  • Andrea Duò
    Andrea Duò Employee
    Fourth Anniversary 25 Up Votes 25 Likes 10 Comments

    Hi Tony,

    for Board cloud customers it is not possible to launch a script that executes other applications on the Board engine host. For Board on-prem, you can have a 'server command' procedure action that executes a command on the same machine hosting the Board server, like opening a Word file.

    In general, if the processes or external applications to trigger are fronted by a REST API service, then Board could start them with a REST API Call procedure action.

    Andrea

  • Tony Teixeira
    Tony Teixeira Active Partner
    Second Anniversary Board Developer Level 200: Building A Planning Solution in Board Level 100: Foundations of Building in Board

    Thanks Andrea, makes sense.

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