Launch an external application from node.js
you can do this var cp = require(“child_process”); cp.exec(“document.docx”); // notice this without a callback.. process.exit(0); // exit this nodejs process it not safe thought, to ensure that the command show no errors or any undesired output you should add the callback parameter child_process.exec(cmd,function(error,stdout,stderr){}) and next you can work with events so you won’t block … Read more