Run Programs

You have two options when creating custom commands that run programs. This page describes each.

Windows Run Command

If you press Win-r, Windows opens the Run Command, where you can enter the name of an executable to run. You can build commands that perform the steps for you:

1. Press Win-r
2. Pause for one second, in case the dialog is delayed
3. Type the name of the executable
4. Press Enter

You can find example commands in the "windows" mode. Commands that start with "open" use this approach.

Execute Function

You can create commands that use the execute function to execute an application or a command line executable. You can optionally provide utterance arguments as flags to the executable and type the results returned from the executable.

This function can be useful for:

• Easily starting any application, without using any mouse commands.
• If you have basic coding abilities, you can create small command line executables that accept words as flags and translate those words to any desired output for typing. Then, you can use the execute function in custom commands to call your executable.
• Using standard terminal commands to produce output for typing.

For example commands, you can see the "example scripts" mode, which is inactive by default.

One of those commands uses a three-characters.exe command line executable. You can find this executable, as well as its source code, in the three-characters directory in the Utterly Voice application directory.