From: "jon sof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Perl is that same. I tried system("start","$result->{DOCUMENT_NAME}")
> and it seems to work, however under win2k it doesn't as fas as on an
> win98 system.
>
> Obviously, there are some changes between these systems concerning the
> Dos Shell.
Actually not. In this case the shell is not involved at all.
If you use the system(@list) then the shell is not started, the first
parameter to system() must be a real existing executable, the
executable is started directly and the rest of the list is passed to
it as parameters.
In your case the whole problem is that in Win98 there is (as far as I
remember) an actuall start.exe, while on Win2k it's command built
into the shell (whether it's cmd.exe or command.com) and the Run
dialog. So Perl fails to find any "start" executable.
I really think
use Win32::FileOp qw(ShellExecute);
ShellExecute $filename;
would be easiest and safest.
Jenda
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