Opening an application

[bruddahjoe]

Newb here.

I'm wanting to open MAS200 and eventually run processes and reports within that application.

The target for the shortcut on my desktop is...

"C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" ../launcher/sota.ini *Client -ARG "MyServer" "10000" "MAS 200"

I've already tried...

ShellExecute("C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" "../launcher/sota.ini *Client -ARG 'MyServer' '10000' 'MAS 200'")

and

Run(@ProgramFilesDir & '\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe ../launcher/sota.ini *Client -ARG "MyServer" "10000" "MAS 200"')

and

Other variations with the single and double qoutes.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could get MAS 200 open.

Thanks in advance for your help.

bruddahjoe

[MrMitchell]

If you use ShellExecute, try single quotes around everything?:

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Edited March 25, 2009 by MrMitchell

[Spiff59]

I think you're short a comma in the ShellExecute statement.

The forward slashes don't seem right either.

Your desktop shortcut is specifying a "Start in:" folder, which allows the referential pathname (..\) in your parameter to work. You need the full path specified, or, maybe add a third "workingdir" parameter to your ShellExecute statement.

A little trial and error ought to find something this MAS program will accept.

$cmd = '"C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe"'
$parm = '"C:\\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\launcher\sota.ini" *Client -ARG MyServer 10000 MAS 200'
ShellExecute($cmd, $parm)

or

$pgmdir = "C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\"
$pgm = '"' & $pgmdir & 'pvxwin32.exe"'
$parm = '..\launcher\sota.ini" *Client -ARG MyServer 10000 MAS 200'
ShellExecute($pgm, $parm, $pgmdir)

Edited March 25, 2009 by Spiff59

[Richard Robertson]

ShellExecute("C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe", '../launcher/sota.ini *Client -ARG "MyServer" "10000" "MAS 200"')

Use this. You can't use single quotes to delineate command line parameters. You must use double quotes.

Edited March 25, 2009 by Richard Robertson

[bruddahjoe]

Everyone,

Thanks for replying so quickly.

Spiff59, I used your second code (with one minor change), taking out the double quote after sota.ini. Otherwise, it works great!

Working Code:

$pgmdir = "C:\Program Files\Sage Software\MAS 200 Client\Version4\MAS90\Home\"
$pgm = '"' & $pgmdir & 'pvxwin32.exe"'
$parm = '..\launcher\sota.ini *Client -ARG MyServer 10000 MAS 200'
ShellExecute($pgm, $parm, $pgmdir)

So far, from what I've seen and experienced with AutoIT and this forum, I'd have to say "I'm impressed!!!". Though I have so much more to read and learn, this should make my life so much better.

Thanks again.

bruddahjoe