Opening a file

[tkuypers at pandora.be]

Tnx, this is what I needed :-))

> From: Jan Schenkel <janschenkel at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:46:32 -0800 (PST)
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Opening a file
> 
> --- "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
>> doesn?t 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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> Rochefoucauld)
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