On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:57, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/13/11 8:41 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: >>> > os.system("open %s" % document) >>> > >>> > Paul >>> > >> Paul: Is that Python? Maybe it would work on Linux too? Ultimately I >> want to run the application from a button click in Dabo just like I do >> in VFP. > > The os.system() call is Python. The "open document" shell call is Mac. The > equivalent > on Windows is "startfile". I don't think there's anything to rely on for > Linux. > On most modern linux distros you can use xdg-open (http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-open.html) it comes preinstalled.
> The better python code would use subprocess(), but os.system is so much > easier to > remember. > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/cajyptyimuk67hsgoim8b6tb9n7y1or9tvvmevktwbp008_g...@mail.gmail.com
