Could also use shortfilepath to make things less quote'ey put "start" && the shortfilepath of "my really\long file\path.exe" into tShell get shell (tShell)
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > Hi Graham, > > As you [and I] now know,"start" is a non-trivial command - it has lots of > choices you can make in running it. To see them all, enter this at a Windows > command prompt: > start /? > > Or you can see them in a LC window using my 'Shell Command Help' plugin, > available in RevOnline. > > Best - > Phil > > > On 5/12/11 8:01 AM, Graham Samuel 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 >> >> > -- > Phil Davis > > PDS Labs > Professional Software Development > http://pdslabs.net > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
