Launch URL to run Windows program using command line switches

[Bill Vlahos]

Mark,

Bingo! I have it working now and it is a bit convoluted. The aliasReference command in conjunction with knowing the actual path to the Start Menu makes it work.

Here is the final code for Windows.
            set the hideConsoleWindows to true —so we don’t get the cmd window flashing
            put the aliasReference of "C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start Menu/Programs/Zultys MX/MXIE.lnk" into tLInk —actual path to .lnk file
            put tLink && "mxie cmd=show;call=" & vNumber into vLink —combine the dial command with the phone number to dial
            get shell(quote & vLink & quote) —execute the shell command

Whew!

Thanks everyone.

Bill Vlahos


On Jun 30, 2014, at 10:38 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> Bill-
> 
> Monday, June 30, 2014, 7:03:25 PM, you wrote:
> 
>> The cmd window in Windows7 supports command line options for .lnk
>> files so I wonder if this is a LiveCode limitation of the launch
>> command.
> 
> For .lnk files, check out the aliasReference function.
> 
> -- 
> -Mark Wieder
> ahsoftware at gmail.com
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