I tried this:
on mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
put quote & "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRD32.exe" & quote
into tCommand
put shell(tCommand) into tResult
answer tResult
end mouseUp
I saved a windows standalone and copied it to my XP VM. I don't use Vista or 7.
It launches Acrobat. Unless there is something specific with the windows 7
shell, I think you must be mistaken about the string containing the quotes.
Bob
On Oct 16, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> I have a variable tCommand whose contents are:
>
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\diff.exe" ....<other stuff>
>
> To clarify, the quote chars are in tCommand
>
> If I execute it with
>
> put shell(tCommand) into temp
>
> ... temp contains "'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or
> external command"
>
> If I copy and paste the contents of tCommand into a Windows Command Prompt
> window, it works fine.
>
> It seems like LC is somehow swallowing the quote characters around the
> program file name, causing the space after "Program" to be the end of the
> program file name.
>
> I'm probably missing something obvious but can't figure out what!
>
>
> Pete
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