working directory not being @scriptdir

[arminius]

ok, I want to change the working directory from the @scriptdir, to somewhere else

here is the code

CODE

While 1

$msg = GUIGetMsg()

Select

Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case $msg = $Button_1

ShellExecute("Good.au3", "", @C:\Documents and Settings\Bill\My Documents\Scripts\Screensaver, "Run")

Case $msg = $Button_2

ShellExecute("Bad.au3", "", @ScriptDir, "Run")

Case $msg = $Button_3

ShellExecute("Surreal.au3", "", @ScriptDir, "Run")

EndSelect

Wend

buttons 2 and 3 are the old ones and they work, button 1 is what I wanna do, but it's not working, I looked through all the help file and the solution didn't jump out at me so your help is appritiated

[herewasplato]

First, the working directory does not "help" the ShellExexute function "find" the file named "Good.au3" --- but you might actually already understand that. If you are changing from a marco like @ScriptDir to text, you need quotes around that text... and, seeing as how you have a path with a space in it, you may need to play with double quotes and single quotes. I'm the MSP atm.

[arminius]

thanks, worked perfectly

[MHz]

First, the working directory does not "help" the ShellExexute function "find" the file named "Good.au3" --- but you might actually already understand that.

I am probably going to confuse you here . AFAIK, ShellExecute() tells the system shell to execute the file and when you tell the shell to use a working directory, then that is where it looks amongst other places associated in the registry and system path etc. It can can be similar to using Run() with @Comspec and setting a working directory with it so that @Comspec can find a filename (only) passed to it in the working directory that you passed to @Comspec using Run(). That is my current understanding of the working directory parameter used in ShellExecute() and the example below confirms the behavior.

Example tested working on XP

$file = 'test.cmd'
$path = @TempDir
FileDelete($path & '\' & $file)
FileWrite($path & '\' & $file, _
        '@echo off' & @CRLF & _
        'echo FilePath=%0' & @CRLF & _
        'echo WorkingDir=%cd%' & @CRLF & _
        'pause')
ShellExecuteWait('"' & $file & '"', '', $path)

Exit

Func OnAutoItExit()
    FileDelete($path & '\' & $file)
EndFuncoÝ÷ Ú«¨µ

and output is

FilePath="C:\Program Files\7-Zip\test.cmd"

WorkingDir=C:\Program Files\7-Zip

Press any key to continue . . .

It seems to work in any directory that I choose including paths on a drive separate from the system drive so the behavior seems constant.

[herewasplato]

..

I am probably going to confuse you here ...

Thanks for your kind correction. Sadly, I don't know where I got that idea from.

I stand corrected - well, I'm not actually standing :-)