Pass A URL to cover all Win bases

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Wed Aug 13 05:37:00 EDT 2003


> Scott suggests:
> 
> [snip]
>> if "Win" is in platform() then
>>  put tCode into url ("file:" &tLaunchPath)
>>  set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>>  put empty into tTitle
>>  if "NT" is in systemVersion() then ##
>>   set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe"
>>   put quote &quote into tTitle
>>  end if
>>  get shell("start" &&tTitle &&quote &tURL &quote)
>> end if
> [endSnip]
> 
> In order to catch all of Win95/98/2K/XP/NT/ME, I would only modify the
> shellCommand test to read...
> 
> if ("NT" is in the systemVersion) or ("Windows 4.90" is in the systemVersion)
> ##

Just curious why you see a need for this?  In MC the docs say to set the
shellCommand to "cmd.exe" on NT systems, and WindowsME is seen by MC/Rev as
a Windows (not NT) system.  Does cmd.exe work better on ME?

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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