Windows Command Code Resolved

[Dan Shafer]

On Jul 29, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:

>
> Perhaps doing this?
>
> put "start" && quote & the eBookContents of this stack & quote into
> openCmd
>
> also, for some Windows systems, I believe that it is necessary to
> replace "/" with "\" in your file path.
>
Yeah, that appears to be part of it as well. My plan for my  
particular app is that the document is stored in the same directory  
as the app, so none of that pathing should become an issue. In fact,  
if the document *isn't* in the folder with the app, that will  
disqualify it from opening.

I'm using WinXP Pro.


> Hey Dan, what Windows OS are you using?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Lynch,
> Jonathan
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:07 PM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: RE: Windows Command Code Resolved
>
> Something to be wary of...
>
> If the file path to your document contains spaces, it might confuse  
> the
> start command.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Dan  
> Shafer
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:58 PM
> To: Revolution List
> Subject: Windows Command Code Resolved
>
> Just to close the loop on my earlier question....
>
> Chipp and I walked through on the phone the use of the "start"
> command in the Win shell and for some reason, it worked fine. I think
> I was enclosing the file name in quotation marks earlier and when I
> took them out, voila!
>
> So the bare-bones version of this is simplicity itself:
>
> on mouseUp
>    if the platform is "Win32"  then
>      put "start" && the eBookContents of this stack into openCmd
>    else
>      put "open" && the eBookContents of this stack into openCmd
>    end if
>    put shell (openCmd) into shellResult
> end mouseUp
>
> Lots of error-checking and other stuff to add, of course, but this
> gets me to the next level.
>
> I appreciate everyone's help, esp. Jonathan, who went way above and
> beyond and, of course, Chipp.
>
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