I think what he is saying is that the system() syntax is not changed in Perl between Win98 and Win2k except where there are changes in the shell of each operating system. Try typing the command in manually and make sure it really works before you start looking for a bug in Perl. There are subtle differences in the command lines for Win98 and Win2k.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:54 AM To: Beau E. Cox Cc: Perl Beginners Subject: Re: system() problem in win98 Do you say that the start doesn't work under win98? However, the DDE for the .DOC is the same with the win2k. Quoting "Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:23 PM > Subject: system() problem in win98 > > > > > > i have the following function call > > > > $filename_winword="C:/Program Files/Microsoft > > Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE"; > > > > $result->{DOCUMENT_NAME}= the filename from the database. > > > > system ("start"," ",$filename_winword,"/n ", > "docs/$result->{DOCUMENT_NAME}"); > > > > Although it works great under Win2000 system, when i run it on a > > win98 > system > > it doesn't work. > > > > Has anyone faced a similar problem? > > > > Hi - > > I doubt your problem has anything whatsoever to do with > perl. Open a command window on your Win 98 system > and mimic what you are trying to do via perl. > > Aloha => Beau; > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
