Hello Brian, Hello Phil
> Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:00:58 -0500 > From: Brian Milby <br...@milby7.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: shell() and pdftotext > Message-ID: <565b0e85-464e-4a5b-9227-c6ab100b64ca@Spark> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > My guess is that shell can?t find your executable. ?Try using full paths. > > Thanks, > Brian > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:48:09 -0800 > From: Phil Davis <p...@pdslabs.net> > To: Brian Milby via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Subject: Re: shell() and pdftotext > Message-ID: <5579e9a4-86c8-c8ed-defe-1e24422c5...@pdslabs.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > To find the full path, this may work - open Terminal and type: > > ??? which pdftotext > > and it should display the path to the copy of pdftotext that the OS runs > when you type the 'pdftotext' command. > > Phil Davis a) using the full path worked. b) asking for the path didn“t work, but see a) Thank you for your quick and usefull help! Richard. _______________________________________________ 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