I’m beginning to think that what I want to do is impossible. I’ve tried all the suggestions and they all fail.
Bill Vlahos _________________ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. lcTaskList: (http://www.infowallet.com/lctasklist/index.htm) RunRev lcTaskList Forum: (http://forums.runrev.com/viewforum.php?f=61) On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > DOH, ignore the ; method. For some reason I was stuck in mac/linux > thinking. The absolute method still works fine. (could embed a return in > your command string rather than a semicolon.) Sorry bout that, was sleepy. > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Easiest way to do it with shell is with the absolute path. Or you could cd >> to the location, and use a semicolon to string two commands like so: >> put shell(merge("cd [[path]] ; dir")) into field one -- changes directory, >> then gets the dir. >> Or this with an absolute path. >> >> put the shortfilepath of "c:\whatever path\you need\" into tPath -- >> shortfilepath so you don't have to worry about escaping spaces. Turns it >> into an 8.3 path. >> put shell(merge("dir [[tPath]]")) into field one -- single shell command >> rather than 2 strung together with semicolon >> >> The shellcommand isn't used to set the path, it should point to the shell >> you wish to use for the command execution. (not on my windows machine, so >> can't tell you where cmd is) Shouldn't be needed in this case though. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Bill- >>> >>> Monday, June 23, 2014, 7:45:52 PM, you wrote: >>> >>>> I m trying to run a shell command on Windows and the following >>>> code gives an error on the put the wheel of dir into field one . >>> >>>> The goal of the script below is to get a directory listing in the >>> Programs folder. >>> >>>> Setup: A field one and a button where this script is in. >>> >>>> on mouseUp >>>> set the shellCommand to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Start Menu\Programs >>>> put shell ( dir ) into field one >>>> end mouseUp >>> >>> Been a while since I've had to deal with Windows, but I believe the >>> shellCommand has to point to either command.com or cmd.exe, depending >>> on the Windows version. >>> >>> If you want to get a directory listing of the Programs folder, why not >>> set the defaultFolder and get the files? >>> >>> -- >>> -Mark Wieder >>> ahsoftw...@gmail.com >>> >>> This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National >>> Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not >>> consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any >>> related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, >>> disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you believe you have received >>> this communication in error, please delete it immediately. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
