launch_ext.cpp

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/*
 * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2020 Jon Evans <[email protected]>
 * Copyright (C) 2020-2021 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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#include <launch_ext.h>
#include <wx/utils.h>
 
 
bool LaunchExternal( const wxString& aPath )
{
#ifdef __WXMAC__
 
 const wchar_t* args[] = { L"open", aPath.wc_str(), nullptr };
 return wxExecute( const_cast<wchar_t**>( args ) ) != -1;
 
#else
 
 wxString path( aPath );
 return wxLaunchDefaultApplication( path );
 
#endif
}