Re: Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-29 Thread Bill Vlahos
I’m beginning to think that what I want to do is impossible. I’ve tried all the suggestions and they all fail. Bill Vlahos _ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. lcTaskList: (http://www.infowalle

Re: Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-25 Thread Mike Bonner
DOH, ignore the ; method. For some reason I was stuck in mac/linux thinking. The absolute method still works fine. (could embed a return in your command string rather than a semicolon.) Sorry bout that, was sleepy. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > Easiest way to do it wit

Re: Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-24 Thread Bill Vlahos
I was able to get a dir listing but not at the correct folder. The example I used was to get a directory listing from shell. What I really want to do is send “cmd=show” to the mxie.lnk (shortcut to the application) in the path “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Start Menu\Programs\Zultys MX\ . If I navi

Re: Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-24 Thread Mike Bonner
Easiest way to do it with shell is with the absolute path. Or you could cd to the location, and use a semicolon to string two commands like so: put shell(merge("cd [[path]] ; dir")) into field one -- changes directory, then gets the dir. Or this with an absolute path. put the shortfilepath of "c:\

Re: Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-24 Thread Mark Wieder
Bill- Monday, June 23, 2014, 7:45:52 PM, you wrote: > I’m trying to run a shell command on Windows and the following > code gives an error on the “put the wheel of “dir” into field “one”. > The goal of the script below is to get a directory listing in the Programs > folder. > Setup: A field “o

Shell command syntax in Windows

2014-06-23 Thread Bill Vlahos
I’m trying to run a shell command on Windows and the following code gives an error on the “put the wheel of “dir” into field “one”. The goal of the script below is to get a directory listing in the Programs folder. Setup: A field “one” and a button where this script is in. on mouseUp set th