Launch another app from my standalone

[Len Morgan]

Thank you Scott for stating what I was trying to say far more 
diplomatically than I could given my mood at the time.  Civility rocks!

len

Scott Morrow wrote:
> Hello Adrian,
>
> I've sort of re-written what Len suggested but without using a 
> separate function or handler.  You can just put the whole thing in 
> where you need it.  Eventually you may want to break out pieces of 
> your code by using custom functions and commands but this should work.
>
> Scott Morrow
>
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>
> put the filename of this stack into tFilePath --tFilePath contains the 
> full path to the mainstack
> put the itemDelimiter into tOldItemDelimiter -- remember what it was 
> so we can set it back
>
> set the itemDelimiter to slash -- "/"  this is the character that 
> divides the path up for example--> 
> C:/aFolder/anotherFolder/aFileOrProgram
>
> -- because "/" is now the itemDelimiter
> -- aFileOrProgram would be the last item ( item -1 ) in tFilePath
> -- on Windows, the path to the standalone,
> -- or in the rev IDE the path to the stack file,
> -- is the last item ( item -1 ) of tFilePath
> -- the path to the folder enclosing the stack file or MyStandalone.exe
> -- is the second to the last item of tFilePath <second to the last is 
> not rev code>
> -- we want to put the name of the application you want to launch
> -- after the enclosing folder
> -- However
> -- on Mac OSX, if this code is being executed from a standalone 
> application,
> -- then the path to the folder enclosing the standalone is different
> -- the fileName of this stack (tFilePath) will look something like:
> --   /Macintosh 
> HD/Applications/MyStandalone.app/Contents/MacOS/MyStandalone
> -- which makes the enclosing folder item -5 of tFilePath
> -- so we will need to know which platform we are on
> -- in order to determine what part of the path to use
>
> if (the platform is "MacOS") AND (the environment is not 
> "development") then  -- Mac Standalone
>   put item 1 to -5 of tFilePath &"/"&  "theAppName.app" into tAppPath
> else -- Windows or rev IDE
>   put "theAppName.exe" into item -1 of tAppPath -- example--> put 
> "Photoshop.exe" into item -1 of tFilePath
> end if
>
> -- in your code, replace theAppName.exe  or   theAppName.app
> -- with the actual name of the program you want to open-- Keep it 
> inside quotation marks
>
> launch tAppPath
>
> set the itemDelimiter to tOldItemDelimiter -- tidy up
>
>
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>
> -- here it is one more time without all the comments
> -- watch line wraps in the email
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>
> put the filename of this stack into tFilePath
> put the itemDelimiter into tOldItemDelimiter
> set the itemDelimiter to slash
> if (the platform is "MacOS") AND (the environment is not 
> "development") then  -- Mac Standalone
>  put item 1 to -5 of tFilePath &"/"&  "theAppName.app" into tAppPath
> else -- Windows or rev IDE
>  put "theAppName.exe" into item -1 of tAppPath -- example--> put 
> "Photoshop.exe" into item -1 of tFilePath
> end if
> launch tAppPath
> set the itemDelimiter to tOldItemDelimiter -- tidy up
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