I like something like "fork" because it's more platform-independent. It would be nice if it returned a PID, though.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:06 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote: > The SH verb works for me on WinXP also: > > SH 'c:\t.txt' > 42 > 'wordpad.exe' SH 'c:\t.txt' > 42 > > -- > David Mitchell > > On 6/17/2011 8:24, Devon McCormick wrote: > > This works for me for J7 on Windows XP: > > fork 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe' > > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:02 PM, William Szuch<[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> In J602 I could execute various programs as part of a job when a script > was > >> loaded, > >> > >> > >> > >> Eg. wd 'winexec ...' > >> > >> > >> > >> This was used to open excel workbooks, word reports, notepad etc. > >> > >> > >> > >> As WD is not supported in J701 I have not been able to achieve the > same > >> functionality in J701. > >> > >> > >> > >> Any help greatly appreciated. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> > >> > >> Bill Szuch > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
