Win98 Issue - Launch App on Remote Volume

[Ken Ray]

Have you tried "open process <processName> for neither" instead of
"shell(start...)"?

That's what I use for launching apps...

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: metacard-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:metacard-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Scott Rossi
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:18 PM
> To: Discussions on Metacard
> Subject: Re: Win98 Issue - Launch App on Remote Volume
> 
> 
> Recently, "Alain Farmer"  wrote:
> 
> >> Our (MC 2.4.2) app is designed to launch a second
> >> app ... works fine and reliably when run locally.
> >> When this is run under Win98 from a remote volume,
> >> our app runs fine but will not launch the 2nd app.
> >> The error returned in the result is "Not opened"
> > 
> > My guess is that it is a SECURITY issue. *Executing* a program on 
> > another computer is almost always proscribed, e.g. not allowed.
> > 
> > Therefore, you might want to look at the security
> > config for that program. Set it to allow "execute"
> > access but, of course, if-and-only-if you have the
> > necessary account and authentication information.
> 
> I might expect that too, however:
> 
> 1) Our app is located on the remote volume and can be 
> launched without problem;
> 
> 2) The user has administrative access;
> 
> 3) Launching the 2nd app works on Win2K and WinXP;
> 
> 4) Using get shell("start" && "path_to_the_app.exe") returns 
> empty as if successful, but nothing happens;
> 
> 5) Double-clicking the app runs it correctly.
> 
> I suppose I could resort to the old externals package and 
> send a double click to the 2nd app, but I've run into 
> stability issues with it and would prefer to avoid using it.
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions/observations Alain.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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