Launch Program Step

Any program available on the machine can be launched in the session. The step completes when the program is closed.

Definition

• actionType : "LaunchProgram" (required)
• path : string - path to the program executable.
• workingDirectoryPath : string - working directory of the program launched.
• arguments : string - program launch arguments, may contain arguments from session settings, each enclosed in curly brackets, e.g., "-username {user.name}" for the participant's name specified in the answer name within the questionary user earlier in the session.
• argumentsParameters : string[] - list of parameters used in the arguments field which should be replaced with their actual values, e.g., "user.name".
• runInBackground : boolean - specifies whether the program should be launched in the background, default value is false.

Result

• resultType : "Successful"

Example

Open Chrome web browser in Kiosk mode (fullscreen), navigate to the https://www.uxi.sk/ webpage. Addditional completion is set to allow participants to complete the step by pressing F10.

{
    "action": {
        "actionType": "LaunchProgram",
        "path": "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe",
        "arguments": "https://www.uxi.sk/ --kiosk",
    },
    "completion": {
        "hotkeys": [ "F10" ]
    }
}