Launch URL to run Windows program using command line switches

[Bill Vlahos]

Skip,

This is great. I’ve been struggling with this for a couple of weeks now without success.

This works for me when I point to a .exe file but not if I point to a link file (.lnk) such as in the Start Menu folder. The reason I want to use the .lnk file in Start Menu is that the actual application may be installed in a number of locations (Program Files, Program Files (x86), file server, etc.) but there is always a .lnk file in the Start Menu when the application is installed.

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.

Thanks for the timely posting.

Bill Vlahos

On Jun 30, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <skip at magicgate.com> wrote:

> Got it working.  Ended up with this to get it working:
> 
> launch "c:/Program Files (x86)/MyProgram/file.exe /P
> "&QUOTE&"myfile.txt"&QUOTE
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
> skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello LC'ers,
>> 
>> I need to launch a function within my LC application.  How would I
>> properly format a launch URL statement that launches a file with command
>> line options?  For instance, what I need to launch is:
>> 
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\file.exe /P "myfile.txt"
>> 
>> Every way I try to format the statement it does not work and get a "can't
>> open file."
>> 
>> Here is what I am currently trying but failing miserably with:
>> launch url "file:c:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\file.exe /P
>> "&QUOTE&"myfile.txt"&QUOTE
>> 
>> Your help is always appreciated!
>> 
>> SKIP
>> 
>> 
>> 
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