Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Sparks, John
__ From: Abby Spurdle Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 6:35 PM To: Sparks, John Cc: R-help Subject: Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs shell ("Notepad", wait=FALSE) On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:07 AM Sparks, John wrote: > > Hi R Helpers, >

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Abby Spurdle
shell ("Notepad", wait=FALSE) On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:07 AM Sparks, John wrote: > > Hi R Helpers, > > I am trying to open another application from within R and then work with it. > > I can get the application to open, but R then hangs at that point (spinning > blue circle in the middle of the

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
) >keybd.type_string("Hello world!") > >would do this, but it does not advance passed the system2 command. > >Best wishes, >--JJS > > >From: Jeff Newmiller >Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 5:08 PM >To: r-help@r-project.org ; Spark

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread David Winsemius
> From: Jeff Newmiller > Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 5:08 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org ; Sparks, John > ; R-help > Subject: Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs > > Exit the application you started? > > On July 5, 2020 3:06:52 PM PDT, &qu

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Rasmus Liland
On 2020-07-05 22:16 +, Sparks, John wrote: > > For this example, I want to open notepad, > then go to notepad and type something in. Dear John, Perhaps start Notepad in the background is what you mean? Something like system2("START /B Notepad", invisible=FALSE) Found it at [1

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Sparks, John
From: Jeff Newmiller Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 5:08 PM To: r-help@r-project.org ; Sparks, John ; R-help Subject: Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs Exit the application you started? On July 5, 2020 3:06:52 PM PDT, "Sparks, John" wrote: >Hi R Helpers, > &

Re: [R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Exit the application you started? On July 5, 2020 3:06:52 PM PDT, "Sparks, John" wrote: >Hi R Helpers, > >I am trying to open another application from within R and then work >with it. > >I can get the application to open, but R then hangs at that point >(spinning blue circle in the middle of the

[R] Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs

2020-07-05 Thread Sparks, John
Hi R Helpers, I am trying to open another application from within R and then work with it. I can get the application to open, but R then hangs at that point (spinning blue circle in the middle of the screen) and my subsequent programming does not execute. Does anybody know how to get R to unlo