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FrontEndExecute[expr]

sends expr to be executed by the Wolfram System front end.

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FrontEndExecute

FrontEndExecute[expr]

sends expr to be executed by the Wolfram System front end.

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Basic Examples  (2)

This calls the front end's CellPrint function:

Wolfram Language code: FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`CellPrint[Cell["A", "Text"]]]
A

Create a notebook with two cells:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[{"line1", "line2"}];
Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]

Merge the cells by using a FrontEndToken:

Wolfram Language code: FrontEndExecute[FrontEndToken[nb, "CellMerge"]]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Use FrontEndExecute to do a sequence of front end functions:

Wolfram Language code: nb = FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`NotebookCreateReturnObject[]];
Wolfram Language code: FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`NotebookWrite[nb, "text"]]
Wolfram Language code: FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`SelectionMove[nb, All, Cell]]
Wolfram Language code: FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`NotebookDelete[nb]]

Carry out the same steps by kernel functions:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[];
Wolfram Language code: NotebookWrite[nb, "text"]
Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, All, Cell]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookDelete[nb]
Wolfram Research (1996), FrontEndExecute, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html.

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Wolfram Research (1996), FrontEndExecute, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "FrontEndExecute." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). FrontEndExecute. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_frontendexecute, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FrontEndExecute}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_frontendexecute, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FrontEndExecute}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrontEndExecute.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}