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title: Exec
slug: exec
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createdAt: 2023-04-19T13:52:45.000Z
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Starts an external program within the job/macro and waits until the program exits. The return value of the program is stored in [variable](docId\:oqHjs3LLCfQkSac_cemc2) `#5399`

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Exec "\<program path>" "\<command line parameter>" \<timeout\[ms]>
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The maximum wait time is 10 minutes.

### Example

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Exec "notepad.exe" "hello.txt" 6000

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This executes notepad.exe and waits 1 minute for it to exit.
An error is generated if it does not exit within the specified time.