pymel.core.system.launch

launch(*args, **kwargs)

Launch the appropriate application to open the document specified. This command works only on the Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
movie (mov)		unicode
	A movie file. The only acceptable movie file formats are MPEG, Quicktime, and Windows Media file. The file’s name must end with .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv, .mov, or .qt.
pdfFile (pdf)		unicode
	A PDF (Portable Document Format) document. The file’s name must end with .pdf.
webPage (web)		unicode
	A web page.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.launch

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#launch a web browser to open webpage http://www.autodesk.com
pm.launch(web="http://www.autodesk.com")
# Result: u'http://www.autodesk.com' #