On 08/13/2011 09:22 AM, José Ignacio wrote: > 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. >
Awesome!! Couldn't be more simple! Thank you! Jeff ------------------- Jeff Johnson [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/[email protected]
