Shell in Windows is based on the "current working directory" if you don't provide a full path to the "start" command.
Take a look at this tip for more info: http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/shel002.htm Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. On May 12, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > Mark, thanks - your suggestion means that the example in the docs is just > plain wrong (not enough quotes - apparently you need an empty set of quotes > before the one with the program name). But I doubt if this will solve the > problem of a program name with a space in it. So I still want to know what > 'shell' expects. Also, what if the .exe isn't in "Program Files"? It looks as > if the 'start' function makes some assumptions about the path to the program. > It is hard to step out of the LC environment without learning a lot of other > stuff... > > I will do a few tests and then at least add a comment on the 'launch' > dictionary entry - but I am scared of my own ignorance on this subject. > > Graham > > > On Thu, 12 May 2011 12:16:42 +0200, Mark Schonewille > <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> >> Graham, >> >> Try this: >> >> set the hideConsoleWindows to true >> put "start" && quote & quote && quote & "myProgram.exe" & quote into myShell >> get shell(myShell) >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> >> Mark Schonewille >> >> Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >> Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >> KvK: 50277553 >> >> New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here >> http://qery.us/ce >> >> On 12 mei 2011, at 12:03, Graham Samuel wrote: >> >>> Following the instructions for "launch" in the LC docs, I tried the >>> substitute method suggested: >>> >>> get shell("start MyProgram.exe") >>> >>> this didn't work using the name of the program in Windows Explorer, >>> presumably because there was a space in the name. >>> >>> I also tried to get a path to the program, which was reported by LC as >>> >>> C:/Program Files/My Tests/My Test.exe >>> >>> and this failed too, with Windows reporting that it couldn't find >>> "Program". So shell doesn't like spaces. I thought that one could get rid >>> of that by replacing space with "%20" but that didn't work either. >>> >>> Pardon my ignorance, but what should I have done? >>> >>> Graham >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
