Launching a local file - NEW SOLUTION

[Ken Ray]

> I called it like this:
> 
> 
> on mouseup
>   LaunchIt "/Volumes/FourthWorld/4W Catalog/webmerge/WebMerge 
> 2.0/WebMerge Help/WebMerge_Help/WebMergeHelp.html"
> end mouseup
> 
> 
> And got an error:
> 
> 
>     Error:usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src target
>        cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src1 ... srcN directory

It's the space in the "WebMerge Help" part of your path. You'll needt to
surround the paths in quotes, both for the "cp" line and the "mv" line:

get shell("cp" && q(pPath) && q(tDestPath))

get shell("mv" && q(tDestPath) && q(pPath))

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/