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Hi,

I would like to start a new AutoIt program from an AutoIt program and pass parameters to the new program that contain spaces, like "Program Files".

Example:

$parm1 = "test"
$parm2 = "Program Files"
ShellExecute("newprogram.exe", $parm1 & " " & $parm2, @ScriptDir, "open", @SW_HIDE)

But when I parse the command line in "newprogram.exe" I have 3 parameters:
[1] = "test"
[2] = "Program"
[3] = "Files"

But I would like to have:
[1] = "test"
[2] = "Program Files"

How to achieve this?



Regards
Dolphins

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Put quotes around the parm.

$parm2 = '"Program Files"'

 

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Well, I tried that, but maybe  not in the correct way.

Let's say I want to pass @ScriptDir as 2nd parameter and @ScriptDir is "C:\Program Files\My Program". I tried the following:

ShellExecute("newprogram.exe", $parm1 & " " & '"' & @ScriptDir & '"', @ScriptDir, "open", @SW_HIDE)

But that gives a compilation error.

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@dolphins "a compilation error" doesn't help much, please post the SciTE output so we can see just what error you're receiving.

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Your code looks fine.
What error message do you get?

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ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts
OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki
OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download
Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki
PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki
Task Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki

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Word - Wiki

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