Making ex cd win files writeable using get shell

[Jan Schenkel]

--- DVGlasgow at aol.com wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
>  I wanted to run something on standalone start up to
> make sure a results 
> stack is writable.I am still struggling to get this
> to work, and have a few 
> shiny cd beermats as a result.   Leaning heavily on
> Ken & miscdas et al I 
> scripted:
> 
> 
>  If the platform is "Win32" then
>     get the directory
>     put it &"/affin2pics/affinity results.rev" into
> tfilename
>     get shell ("attrib -r" && tFileName)
>   end if
> 
> On opening, an ugly DOS-esque window opens (the
> 'console' that was spoken 
> of?) and disappears.  Thanks to sluggardly VPC, I
> *think* I can see that 
> nothing appears in it.  The results file remains
> stubbornly locked.
> 
> 3 questions
> 
> 1 Any ideas why this isn't working?  
> 
> 2 Assuming I can get it working, any way of hiding
> the console?
> 
> 3 Why isn't this a built in thing?  Call me simple,
> but I thought setting 
> cantmodify set writeability, and assumed it was at
> OS level.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> David Glasgow

Hi David,

In this particular case, you're trapped by the fact
that DOS can't handle names with spaces in them ;
you'll have to put quotes around the filename.
  if the platform is "Win32" then
    put quote & the directory & \
        "/affin2pics/affinity results.rev" & \
        quote into tfilename
    get shell ("attrib -r" && tFileName)
  end if

To solve your other problem (the ugly DOS-window) :
  set the hideConsoleWindows to true

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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