I think judging by your path that what I am running into is the Windows system being reticent to allow a foreign app to launch processes in certain folders. Thankfully I have a workaround. It’s telling I think that the dictionary describes the shell command as another way to launch documents with apps in Windows. :-)
Bob S > On Nov 18, 2023, at 5:14 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 11/17/2023 4:24 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 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 >> > > This (launch tFile with tApp) works for me using Livecode 9.6.11 under > Windows 11. Obviously with different paths. > > In my case tApp is C:/Program Files/TextPad 8/TextPad.exe > and tFile is C:/Users/paul/Desktop/Win Cert 2023/Cert2023.txt > _______________________________________________ > 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
