Run()

[Jos]

I bet it won't work as expected and only sets the title of the CMD window to the path.

If that doesn't work, try this

$Filename="C:\Program Files\Smartpss\SS34532k.mde"
Run(@comSpec & ' /c start "" "' & Filename & '"')

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Yeap for Winnt/2k/xp thats true...

Win98 doesn't have the "Title" option.... so much for compatibility....

I just tried that, well i put the $ before the filename.  but it did not work.  I have the filename coming in frmo a iniread,  is that a problem?

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Yeap you are right about the $ , typo...........

INI file should work.... what does it do ?

Edited November 9, 2004 by JdeB

[fraudh8er]

Nice, Where should I post my code if i want it to be optimized and looked at to make sure I am coding effieciently?

yes it did work. well i am in winxp sp2.

Thanks, you are the man. :0

Yeap for Winnt/2k/xp thats true...

Win98 doesn't have the "Title" option....  so much for compatibility....

Yeap you are right about the $ ,  typo...........

INI file should work....  what does it do ?

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Edited November 9, 2004 by fraudh8er

[SlimShady]

I have the perfect solution that'll work on all Windows versions: FileGetShortname.

I'll post some examples.

;Example 1
$Filename = FileGetShortname("C:\Program Files\Smartpss\SS34532k.mde")
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c Start ' & $Filename)

;Example 2
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c Start ' & FileGetShortname("C:\Program Files\Smartpss\SS34532k.mde"))

;The following examples are the same as above but they hide the CMD window

;Example 3
$Filename = FileGetShortname("C:\Program Files\Smartpss\SS34532k.mde")
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c Start ' & $Filename, @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

;Example 4
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c Start ' & FileGetShortname("C:\Program Files\Smartpss\SS34532k.mde"), @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)