Making ex cd win files writeable using get shell

[miscdas at boxfrog.com]

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Jan Schenkel writes: 

> --- 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, 
>> 
>>  If the platform is "Win32" then
>>     get the directory
>>     put it &"/affin2pics/affinity results.rev" into
>> tfilename
>>     get shell ("attrib -r" && tFileName)
>>   end if

>> The results file remains
>> stubbornly locked. 
>> 
>> 
>> 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. 
> 
> =====

It is also a good idea to include the Results function in your handler. It 
would have provided a good clue as to what went wrong. 

miscdas