Launch document problems

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Jan 27 14:40:24 EST 2009


Scott Pepperdine wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to use 'launch document' to open a .csv file in a 
> spreadsheet.  I keep getting the result of "can't open file", which 
> tells me the file could not be found, or is not accessible.
> 
> My script currently looks like:
> on mouseUp
>   launch document "c:/testfile.csv"
>   if the result is not empty then
>      answer the result
>   end if
> end mouseUp
> 
> I'm assuming that the file is not found. 

Since you've tried checking for existence, the file is probably found. 
More likely is that it is inaccessible to Rev, which could be a 
permissions issue. Have you tried moving the file to a folder that is 
accessible to the current user, like the desktop?

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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