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Shell.New

Creates a new shell object.

Parameters

none

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

See also

• RunTask.NewTask
• Shell.AddArgument
• Shell.AddEnvironment
• Shell.Execute
• Shell.Release

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• Shell/Shell Ping
• Shell/Shell
• Shell/Terminal

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Created 11st November 2017, last changed 28th November 2017

Shell.IsRunning   -   Shell.PeekErrorText

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