DWUSON 0 Posted July 22, 2011 I am writing a dynamic application launcher that loads a text file for it's Menu items and a text file for the commands associated to each menu item. Menu Items text file read into an array. A B C Test Commands items text file read into a different array (a$commands) and not all of them would necessarily have parameters at the end MO.CMD 1 MO.CMD 2 MO.CMD 3 Test.CMD So that when you select from the menu - Select A - runs "MO.cmd 1" Select B - runs "MO.cmd 2" Select C - runs "RO.cmd 3" Select Test - runs "Test.cmd" Each one of these .cmd files could have different logic in them that I don't want to try and incorporate into my launcher. When I try to run SHELLEXECUTE($aCommand) or RUN($aCommand) and and pass it "MO.cmd 1", "MO.CMD 2" or "RO.CMD 3" I get an error that it can't find the application. Basically it's having trouble with the DOS command-line parameter that I need to pass on. If I launch "test.cmd" it works fine because there is no command line parameter. How do I execute a batch file (or executable) and pass a command line parameter if one is present? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiff59 54 Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) Welcome to the forum! ShellExecute() ought to work fine for you. The line below is ripped out of one of my functioning scripts: ShellExecuteWait(@ScriptDir & "\ZipList.bat", $work_provider & " " & $work_year & " " & $work_month, "", "", @SW_HIDE) It passes three parameters to a .bat file that runs in a hidden window. As you can see, the passed parameters go into the second ShellexecuteWait (or ShellExecute) parameter. There are other examples within the helpfile. Edited July 22, 2011 by Spiff59 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites