On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:42:00 +0100, Emma wrote > > You should run the .bat file with the name of the input > > file as argument, thus: > > > test.bat d:\muziek\test.abc > > > Succes ermee en laat me weten of het nu wel goed gaat > > :-) > > Thanks a lot, Irwin, it does work indeed! Not that complicated > really, as long as you don't try to run it from Windows Explorer... > :-)
...if you want to do that, you can tweak your explorer a little: 1st: open WinExplorer and open the dialog FileTypes (or FileExtensions or whatever it is called on your system). you should find it via ->Tools->FolderOptions->FileTypes. you should see a list with all filetypes the explorer "knows". 2nd: create an new entry for abc-files: - click "New Filetype..." to get a form to define the new filetype - type in a nice description, say "ABC Music Notation". This descr' will be displayed in the 2nd column (type) of your explorer's filelist (if you use the "details"-view) - type in the filename-extension for your new filetype: abc Now your explorer will assume that all files named with this suffix (i.e. MyTunes.abc) are ABC-Music-Notation files. 3rd: define the actions to perform on this new filetype: In the lower part of the form you should see a (still empty) list of "Actions". If not you have to click an "extended"-button or something like that, to show the list (depends on your system XP,98,2000,...) Click "New.." to define a new action. You'll see an other form: - type in a name for your action, i.e. "abc2ps" or "make ps" - define the action to perform. that means name the exe- or bat-file or whatever, which is to call _a_n_d_ name the parameters and switches, that you need. Define as many actions as you want. For instance: action-name: "abc to ps" // or what ever you want program-to-call: "c:\somewhere\abcm2ps.exe %1 -o -O =" action-name: "edit with NOTEPAD" program-to-call: "c:\somewhere\NOTEPAD.exe %1" (_d_o_n_'_t_ _t_y_p_e_ the double-quotes) ---------- After this it should be possible to right-click any abc-file to get a popup-menu with your self-defined actions - just click and enjoy ;-) Usually one of them is listed boldface. This is the default-action which is performed when you double-click the file. Somehow you can also define which action should be the default (have a look in FolderOptions->FileTypes->.. again). Note: the examples above don't use the .bat-file. we now call the command directly, which was inside the bat-file before. But if you need/want you can also call the bat or any other script or executable via this method. hope it helps --------- ?? Is any body out there, who can tell me to do the above procedure from cmd-line|in a script|installer or so? thanks toni To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
