The JScript code listing below starts the application and shuts it down. If an instance of the application is already running, the running instance will be returned.
| Note: | For 32-bit MapForce, the registered name, or programmatic identifier (ProgId) of the COM object is MapForce.Application. For 64-bit MapForce, the name is MapForce_x64.Application. |
// Initialize application's COM object. This will start a new instance of the application and
// return its main COM object. Depending on COM settings, a the main COM object of an already
// running application might be returned.
try { objMapForce = WScript.GetObject("", "MapForce.Application"); }
catch(err) {}
if( typeof( objMapForce ) == "undefined" )
{
try { objMapForce = WScript.GetObject("", "MapForce_x64.Application") }
catch(err)
{
WScript.Echo( "Can't access or create MapForce.Application" );
WScript.Quit();
}
}
// if newly started, the application will start without its UI visible. Set it to visible.
objMapForce.Visible = true;
WScript.Echo(objMapForce.Edition + " has successfully started. ");
objMapForce.Visible = false; // will shutdown application if it has no more COM connections
//objMapForce.Visible = true; // will keep application running with UI visible |
The code listed above is available as a sample file (see JScript Examples). To run the script, start it from a command prompt window or from Windows Explorer.