establishes a link to the notebook front end for use by the UseFrontEnd[] function.


ConnectToFrontEnd
establishes a link to the notebook front end for use by the UseFrontEnd[] function.
Details and Options
- To use ConnectToFrontEnd, you first need to load J/Link using Needs["JLink`"].
- ConnectToFrontEnd returns True to indicate that the link was established correctly, and False otherwise.
- The front end will be launched if required.
- Although UseFrontEnd will call ConnectToFrontEnd if necessary, ConnectToFrontEnd is provided to allow programmers to conveniently control when the front end is launched and to receive a True/False indication of whether it was successful.
- This function will typically be called only from an external program that is driving the kernel, not from code executing in a front end notebook.
Tech Notes
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ConnectToFrontEnd, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/JLink/ref/ConnectToFrontEnd.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ConnectToFrontEnd." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/JLink/ref/ConnectToFrontEnd.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ConnectToFrontEnd. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/JLink/ref/ConnectToFrontEnd.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_connecttofrontend, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ConnectToFrontEnd}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/JLink/ref/ConnectToFrontEnd.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_connecttofrontend, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ConnectToFrontEnd}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/JLink/ref/ConnectToFrontEnd.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}