Reveal in Find on Windows

[Mike Bonner]

Just remembered, you can bipass the shell call entirely..

launch document sRootFolder -- native lc command.  Just need to do as I
mentioned and be sure its a folder you're dealing with. (otherwise it will
launch the apropos app to match the file type)

It will probably work for both platforms. (my mac is down or I'd check
there)

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't test it on mac, but 2 things. First, if your path is a folder but
> doesn't have the trailing / you'll end up in the wrong place so you might
> consider doing a check:
> if there is a file sRootFolder then delete item -1 of sRootFolder
>
> Then for the windows segment use "start":
>
> put ("start " & sRootFolder) into tShell  -- also noted there is a typo,
> you use tRootfolder rather than sRootfolder in your example above
>
> I _think_ start is available all the way down to xp, but I can't check to
> make sure.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:06 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via
> use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> this is what I have so far…
>>
>> command openWorkingFolderInFinder pFolderFile
>>     set the itemdel to "/"
>>     put pFolderFile into sRootFolder
>>     delete item -1 of sRootFolder
>>     switch platform()
>>         case "MacOS"
>>             put ("open " & quote & sRootFolder & quote) into tShell
>>             break
>>         case "Win32"
>>             put ("explorer.exe /n/root," & tRootfolder) into tShell
>>             break
>>     end switch
>>     get shell(tShell)
>> end openWorkingFolderInFinder
>>
>> Can anyone test if this opens a folder on Windows?
>>
>> tks
>>
>>
>> On 2/22/17, 4:59 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Sannyasin
>> Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode" <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com
>> on behalf of use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>     OK  I studied the doc here:
>>
>>     https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/130510/command-line
>> -switches-for-windows-explorer
>>
>>     and actually the use cases are more often to open a folder
>>
>>     but I don't have windows to test
>>
>>     does this work to open a folder window on Win32?
>>
>>     get shell (”explorer.exe /n,/root,c:\windows\system32\m
>> y-project-folder")
>>
>>
>>     BR
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 2/22/17, 1:54 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Roger Eller via
>> use-livecode" <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>         get shell (”explorer.exe /select,c:\windows\system32\se
>> lected_file.txt")
>>
>>         Source:
>>         http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29970897/cmd-file-tasks-
>> open-directory-and-select-file
>>
>>         ~Roger
>>
>>
>>
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