externalCommands

Lists the available external for a stack.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

get the externalCommands of stack

# Examples

answer the externalCommands of stack "Basics"

if myExternal is among the lines of the externalCommands \ of this stack then do myExternal

# Description

Use the externalCommands property to find out whether a particular external is available for use in handlers, or to list all the available external.

You use an external command in a handler the same way you use one of LiveCode's built-in commands.

# Tags

# See

- **keyword:** line - **property:** externalPackages - **object:** stack - **glossary:** external, property, handler