Opening other applications from within Revolution

[Phil Davis]

Hi Steve!

You can use the "launch" command for this. Here's a basic script I just 
put together and used to open a PDF file with Acrobat Reader:

on mouseUp
   answer file "file?"
   if it = empty then exit mouseUp
   put it into tFile

   answer file "app?"
   if it = empty then exit mouseUp
   put it into tApp

   launch tFile with tApp
end mouseUp

Phil Davis



Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:
> I have an Excel file on my hard drive that I would like to access from within 
> revolution (just like I can access the Internet through RevGoUrl).   What 
> command can issue to open and see the file?   I am having some trouble trying to 
> do this through the "open" or "open file" commands.   Thanks.
> Steve Goldberg
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