Launch another application?

[Klaus Major]

Dag Magnus,

> Hello
>
> I want to start Excel from a button in a standalone on Windows. (I know 
> that this has been an issue before,) but I have tried every possible 
> solution:
>
> on mouseUp
>   launch "Acrobat Reader 5.0"
> end mouseUp
>
> on mouseUp
>   open process "Acrobat Reader 5.0" for neither
> end mouseUp
>
> and the tip from Ken Ray:
> 	
>> on mouseUp
>>   set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>>   get shell("C:\myfile.pdf")
>>   answer "Thank you!"
>> end mouseUp
>>
> But nothing seems to work. Every help will be very nice.
>
> /magnus

It should work, but you have to supply the full path to the app.

launch "C:/Program Files/Acrobat Reader 5.0.exe"
## Do not forget the suffix

Hope this helps...


Regards

Klaus Major
k_major at osnabrueck.netsurf.de