In case anyone cares, this works:
if the platform contains "WIN" then
put "start" && quote & tTextEditorPath & quote && quote & tFilePath &
quote into tShellCommand
get shell(tShellCommand)
else
launch tFilePath with tTextEditorPath
end if
Bob S
> On Nov 17, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all. Given:
>
> tTextEditorPath = "C:/Program Files/Windows NT/Accessories/wordpad.exe”
> tFilePath = "C:/Users/bobsneidar/Documents/Installs/The Whole
> Child/Cerritos/25528/Old Copier Settings.txt”
>
> The command:
>
> launch tFilePath with tTextEditorPath
>
> Does NOT launch tFilePath with tTextEditorPath, but on the Macintosh OS,
> given:
>
> tTextEditorPath = "/System/Applications/TextEdit.app”
> tFilePath = "/Users/bobsneidar/Documents/Installs/The Whole
> Child/Cerritos/25528/Old Copier Settings.txt”
>
> The command DOES WORK! Any ides?? Is launch broken in Windows??
>
> Bob S
>
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