Not that I have an answer...but I have a similar problem. I can launch MS Excel and have it open a OTF generated file from Win32. But Mac OS X does not do it....maybe I should read the docs, but...if I backtick an `open /dir/to/msexcel` Excel opens, but the redirect, or `open /dir/to/msexcel < $file`` does not work. That is to say, MS Excel (Classic) still opens from within Perl on Mac OS X, but I cannot get it to open the file itself...which is a pain in the butt. I figured if I got Mac OS X version MS Office things might get rectified, but I have yet to get an upgrade.
I put my vote in for any ideas on a non-OS specific solution to opening an application and having said application open a file to boot. ;) Cheers, Ward On 2002.09.08, at 11:06, John Delacour wrote: > At 8:48 am -0700 8/9/02, Enrique Terrazas wrote: > >> How about using SetFile (installed by the developer tools) to set the >> creator and file type to excel, and then using the open command? > > Well a) I don't want to change the file creator and b) only a small > minority of users will have Setfile installed. > > JD >
