shellexecute path name variable

[christina_applegate]

hey guys,

i'm not much of a coder so please bear with me if this seems a little low brow

what i am having a problem with is introducing a variable into a shellexecute command that works;

ShellExecute("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\New York Mets.sfcht")

above works fine, file opens and then i am able to manipulate with autoit

but when i attempt to get the 'New York Mets' from the clipboard

$Name1=ClipGet()
ShellExecute("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\" & $Name1 & ".sfcht")

 i get an error message

Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\New York Mets.sfcht'. Make sure........

i have been through the forums and the help files but no luck so far

any help most appreciated

 

christinaA

 

[Jos]

Doubt the text is exactly the same on the clipboard. Have you checked there are no extra spaces or a Tab char maybe?
Just write the text you retrieve from the clipboard to a file for checking.

Jos

[christina_applegate]

hey Jos

tried;

$Name1=ClipGet()
$file = "C:\Users\frank\Documents\test.txt"
FileWrite($file, $Name1)

result was 'New York Mets'

also the error message; C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\New York Mets.sfcht

returns the correct path?

[jguinch]

Check if the string is correct. What does this code returns ?

$Name1=ClipGet()
MsgBox(0, "", FileExists("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\" & $Name1 & ".sfcht") )

 

[christina_applegate]

hi jguinch,

thanks for your time

MsgBox returns; 0

when i then copy 'New York Mets' to the clipboard and then paste over

" & $Name1 & "

which gives me

$Name1=ClipGet()
MsgBox(0, "", FileExists("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\New York Mets.sfcht") )

MsgBox returns; 1

christinaA

[philkryder]

try this: 

msgbox(0,"",">" & Name1 & "<")

 

[christina_applegate]

hi philkryder,

i tried your code but had to add $ in front of Name1 as in:

msgbox(0,"",">" & $Name1 & "<")

and the return was:

>New York Mets

<

christinaA

[MuffinMan]

Run StringStripWS on $Name1 and I think you'll be in business...

 

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StringStripWS.htm

[JohnOne]

Does this work?

ClipPut("New York Mets")
$Name1=ClipGet()
ShellExecute("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\" & $Name1 & ".sfcht")

 

[Jos]

  On 10/20/2015 at 6:51 PM, christina_applegate said:

hi philkryder,

i tried your code but had to add $ in front of Name1 as in:

msgbox(0,"",">" & $Name1 & "<")

and the return was:

>New York Mets

<

christinaA

This seems to indicate that there is a CR / LF or CRLF added to the end of the text.
Try stripping those.

Jos

Edited October 20, 2015 by Jos

[christina_applegate]

thank you MuffinMan,

$Name1=ClipGet()
$Name2=StringStripWS($Name1, 1+2+4)
ShellExecute("C:\Users\frank\Documents\SFiles\C\" & $Name2 & ".sfcht")

Works perfectly

many thanks

christinaA