On 11/22/2014 03:04 PM, Tobias Boege wrote: > Apparently it waits for the xdg script to terminate. There is no relation to > the actually launched application -- the xdg script can a priori terminate > before the application window emerges, or it can terminate even after the > launched application did (if it's very short-lived), or everything between > these extremes. > > But when Wait = True, Desktop.Open() tries to report errors that happened > during running the xdg script. You can answer these questions yourself, too, > if you care to do that, by looking at the source code. gb.desktop is written > in Gambas. The particular sources I got these answers from are [0] and [1]. > > Regards, > Tobi > > [0]http://sourceforge.net/p/gambas/code/HEAD/tree/gambas/trunk/comp/src/gb.desktop/.src/Desktop.class > [1]http://sourceforge.net/p/gambas/code/HEAD/tree/gambas/trunk/comp/src/gb.desktop/.src/Main.module
Thank you, Tobi. Those links helped me get right to it. I can now see the difference clearly. I have updated the documentation (http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.desktop/desktop/open) based on your response. However, Desktop.Open with Wait=True does not Error.Raise("The action has failed") when it should. On the command-line, `xdg-open doesnotexist.txt` causes an error message box to pop up and exits with a status code of 4, which is "The action failed." (It sure would be nice if xdg-open provided a --quiet option.) The following code in a form, when executed, prints no errors: Public Sub Button1_Click() Try Desktop.Open("doesnotexist.txt", True) If Error Then Print Error.Text Catch Print Error.Text End So, perhaps the documentation revision I just made is not entirely correct in practice. -- Lee __________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
