welby345 0 Posted November 1, 2006 (edited) I searched the forums, but did not find what I was looking for...maybe I didn't search the right key words...so here goes. I have a working script that parses out extraneous characters from a simple text file. I can run the command as follows: cleanup samplefile.tx From a command line, and the file samplefile.txt will be opened and cleaned up. What I want is the ability to drag the txt file from explorer onto the cleanup.exe file (compiled from autoit). How do I go about this? Edited November 1, 2006 by welby345 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welby345 0 Posted November 1, 2006 (edited) I think I found the problem. When I drag and drop, I have a long string describing the file. When I go command line, I have a simple file name. I think I have to parse out the inout string and get everything between the last \ and the end of the cmdline[1]. Bujt shouldn't file open work with the full path? Shouldn't both ways work? Edited November 1, 2006 by welby345 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MHz 80 Posted November 2, 2006 Full path, yes. Relative path, yes. These answers are based on competant code created by you. Use double quotes around paths with spaces as needed within your code. The last "I think..." seems unnecessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
