Re: Execute application with a space in it's path

2005-03-09 Thread Daniel Kasak
Tim Johnson wrote: Chances are the correct 8.3 filename you're looking for is Acroba~2, but why are you using the old 8.3 filenames? Because I don't know any better :) If you're just worried about spaces, try putting quotes in the command you're sending to the system, like this: system("\"C:\\Pr

RE: Execute application with a space in it's path

2005-03-09 Thread Tim Johnson
7.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe\" C:\\PDFs\\test.pdf"); -Original Message- From: Daniel Kasak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 3:32 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Execute application with a space in it's path [Tim Johnson] I can get to the &#x

Execute application with a space in it's path

2005-03-09 Thread Daniel Kasak
Hi all. I'm trying to open Adobe Acrobat on Windows from Perl. I can get to the 'Adobe' folder with the commands ( from the command prompt ): c: cd c:\Progra~1\Adobe However I can't get into the 'Acrobat 7.0' folder in the same way, ie: c: cd c:\Progra~1\Adobe\Acroba~1 I've had 2 version of Acrob