Can't believe I need help for this...

[Guy_]

Hi all, it's been a few months without troubles

I have to arrange for a PC to start up and open a random playlist for BSplayer. The simple(?) problem is: how do I "open" a file that makes its parent program run?

I had managed this far, but the "Run" doesn't work. What do I use instead? Hope I'm overlooking something very obvious, but can't find a clue in the function catalog... It seems I can't run BSplayer with a playlist in the command line either, so I'm stuck.

$playlist= Random (1 ,4, 1) ; generates integer between 1 and 4

If $playlist = 1 Then

Run("c:\playlists\01.bsl") ; start BSplayer with playlist 1, I had hoped

ElseIf $playlist = 2 Then

Run("c:\playlists\02.bsl")

ElseIf $playlist = 3 Then

Run("c:\playlists\03.bsl")

Else

Run("c:\playlists\04.bsl")

Endif

Many thanks for your hints!

GUy

[neogia]

Yeah, I'm not sure it's mentioned in the helpfile, but it is mentioned here in the FAQ on the support forums. For any file that's not on the short list: ".exe, .bat, etc." i.e. executable files, you can use this:

Run(@ComSpec & " /c Start " & FileGetShortName($pathToFile), "", @SW_HIDE)

[Guy_]

Run(@ComSpec & " /c Start " & FileGetShortName($pathToFile), "", @SW_HIDE)

Wow, "heavy"... But it worked first time!

Many Thanks + 1, neogia!