Hi,
Is it possible to pass CMD.exe (or any other executable) commands and arguments with the help of the Link shape data field?
Is it possible to insert the <ElementIP> as part of the command?
Example use case: As a user, I want to be able to connect to a specific device via the element’s Visio by using the device’s GUI client (an executable available locally on the same host as Cube) and the device’s IP (extracted with the help of the <ElementIP> placeholder).
Thanks in advance,
Hi Ciprian, yes you can use the link shape to start an executable file and pass parameters. Use the format “pathToExecutable|parameters|tooltip” in a link shape. You can also include placeholders. For example
“C:\MyPath\MyApplication.exe|–ip <DMAIP>|Open myApplication for <DMAIP>”.
You can find more details in the documentation: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Basic_Functionality/Visio/linking_shapes/Linking_a_shape_to_a_program_or_a_file.html
It should be possible to insert placeholders of the “[xxx:yyy]” sort as well as the ones specific to the Link shape data (e.g. <DMAIP>).