syntax .... very simple?

[Jos]

Yes, thanks. Thats the first line that has worked. I still, because of the position of the second single-quote, don't see how to user a variable for the command.

Now there are problems with quotes again. At least now we KNOW that it can be done. Thanks JdeB!

$cmd = 'Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start "C:\windows\notepad.exe"'')'
Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "' & $Cmd & '"')

[daslick]

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start "' & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & '"'',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE)')

This works, but only as well as what I had originally.

an error occurs if there is a space in the $Cmd

EDIT:

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ""' & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & '""'',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE)')

does not give an error, but seems to be setting the command as a title in cmd. Could someone try it out? Edited March 28, 2007 by daslick

[flyingboz]

good grief... what a drama!

the use of

stringformat()

can be immensely helpful in dealing w/ the quotes...

[daslick]

I think I finally got the format... I will post back if it fails me, or try stringformat()

$Cmd / the command sent to the server = 'Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ' & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & "'" & ',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE)'

Run(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "' & $Cmd & '"')

double quotes and spaces appear to be working inside $Cmd

[GEOSoft]

This works, but only as well as what I had originally.

an error occurs if there is a space in the $Cmd

EDIT:

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ""' & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & '""'',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE)')

does not give an error, but seems to be setting the command as a title in cmd. Could someone try it out?

If you send code to the command line the spaces could kill you. As an example if you have to send a pathname with a space then the command line will need the double qoutes so a line like C:\My Documents can not be used with 'C:\My Documents' OR "C:\My Documents". It would have to be '"C:\My Documents"'. And before anyone starts jumping I've been aware of FileGetShortName for a long time now. The problem is I've seen (again a few days ago) FileGetShortName fail with Cmd.exe. I've also seen situations where I would have to quote the the first part of a line and then no quotes for the parameters and then Quotes for the last part of the line. In those cases I usually experiment with testing portions of the command line to see where it fails and then work from there. A really good way to fail is to try

$File = @DesktopDir & '\Test.exe

Run(@Comspec & " /c Dir C:\ > " & $File)

[daslick]

Thanks, but $Cmd must have spaces working because it is what the user inputs... I am not presetting $Cmd to the desktop directory, or any other directory. It is whatever command the end-user enters. I will keep your suggestion in mind for next time I am using a macroed (@...) directory.

EDIT: O, and I DID notice that spaces aren't actually working. a command line cmd /c pause works, but if I try to run a file in a directory with a space in it, it doesn't work. I am working on a solution.

EDIT2: FOUND! - I used your suggestion Geosoft, thanks.

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ' & FileGetShortName(GUICtrlRead($in_file1)) & "'" & ',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE);')

Edited March 29, 2007 by daslick

[daslick]

Solution found. Double quotes and spaces appear to be working.

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ' & "' & FileGetShortName('" & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & "')" & ',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE);')

Thanks for all of your help

by the way, my udf "_send" just sends its parameters to the server file in the remote access script I made.

[GEOSoft]

Solution found. Double quotes and spaces appear to be working.

if not GUICtrlRead($in_file1) = "" then _send('Run(@COMSPEC & '' /c start ' & "' & FileGetShortName('" & GUICtrlRead($in_file1) & "')" & ',@HOMEDRIVE, @SW_HIDE);')

Thanks for all of your help

by the way, my udf "_send" just sends its parameters to the server file in the remote access script I made.

Glad you got it working.

I only used @DesktopDir as an example. I just didn't feel like typing in a long string but the principal is the same.