Opening a file

[Jan Schenkel]

--- "tkuypers at pandora.be" <tkuypers at pandora.be> wrote:
> Hi gang...
> 
> Maybe someone can give me a clue, because I am
> stuck...
> 
> We developed a Windows FileMaker application which
> has 5 versions running in
> various countries, using the runtime engine of
> FileMaker.
> Now we need to run a FileMaker file to make sure the
> upgrade to version 6
> goes ok.
> The FileMaker file we are running is a runtime file
> as well and is during
> installation of the new version, placed in the same
> folder as the old
> version.
> 
> So I built an application which checks the old
> version of the FileMaker
> application and selects the correct upgrader file.
> When using the Launch command, the old version is
> launched, not the file I
> want, so I used the Schell command. Problem solved!
> 
> Too bad, problem NOT solved, the shell command
> doesn¹t work on systems
> running Windows 98 :-((
> 
> Can anybody give me a clue where to search? How do I
> open a file, not caring
> which application has to be used without using the
> Shell-command?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Ton Kuypers
> 

Hi Ton,

Check out the 'shellCommand' entry in the Transcript
Dictionary. I don't recall which used which, but some
Windows versions use "command.com" and others use
"cmd.exe" as shellCommands -- I'm quite sure it's in
Ken Ray's tips'n'tricks pages.

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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