Running non Executables

[thunkele]

I am trying to use the Run() function to run the following file:

c:\somedir\somefile.apr

I have tried

Run("somefile.apr", "c:\somedir\)

ERROR: Cannot find file

as well as

Run("c:\somedir\somefile.apr")

ERROR: Unable to execute the external Program

Is it even possible to execute something other than an exe, bat, or such file. I don't want any values returned, I want this to execute at the end of my code. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[soulhealer]

I am trying to use the Run() function to run the following file:

c:\somedir\somefile.apr

I have tried

Run("somefile.apr", "c:\somedir\)

ERROR: Cannot find file

as well as

Run("c:\somedir\somefile.apr")

ERROR: Unable to execute the external Program

Is it even possible to execute something other than an exe, bat, or such file. I don't want any values returned, I want this to execute at the end of my code. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

everytime u want to execute something, u need an executor, in this case, the application that runs .apr files.

like if u want to open(execute) a .txt file, u need notepad. so all u do is Run("notepad mytextfile.txt") and it will work.

why? because you have notepad.exe in your windows system folder. and windows system folder is listed on your system

default path. if it's not, you will have to do Run("c:\windows\notepad.exe mytextfile.txt")

Edited April 19, 2007 by soulhealer

[Sokko]

Better yet, use ShellExecute to automatically open the file with whatever application it's associated with.

ShellExecute("C:\somedir\somefile.apr")

[thunkele]

Thanks guys!