Thanks, Mike, that was the one space that I intentionally did not try without thinking that either windows, irfan or r:base would think I'd got the syntax wrong for the directory.
As you say, it works and it is a neat piece of free software. Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 1:37 AM Subject: Re: Launch Command difficulty > Alastair, > I had problems with Launch when there were Spaces in the Params section. > I just tested IrfanView and if you take out the space before the /thumbs, it > works correctly..... I have used this viewer for a couple of years. It is a > great viewer. > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "R:Base ListServer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:24 PM > Subject: Launch Command difficulty > > > > I am trying to get the latest beta version of the launch command to run > > Irvan Viewer with parameters: > > > > This is an extract from the viewer text file: > > > > Example for thumbnails: > > i_view32.exe c:\test\image1.jpg /thumbs > > => open 'image1.jpg' and display thumbnails from directory 'c:\test' > > or > > i_view32.exe c:\test /thumbs > > => display thumbnails from directory 'c:\test' > > > > This is my syntax: > > > > SELECT Last_Edit INTO vLastEdit FROM Next_Group_Num WHERE COUNT = 1 > > > > SET VAR vLaunchProg = 'c:\progra~1\irfanview\i_view32.exe' > > > > SET VAR vLaunchParams = 'd:\pics /thumbs' > > > > SET VAR vLaunch = (.vLaunchProg + '|' + .vLaunchParams) > > > > LAUNCH .vLaunch > > > > > > The above fails to launch the program but this does work: > > > > > > SET VAR vLaunch = (.vLaunchProg) > > > > LAUNCH .vLaunch > > > > > > > > so I assume that there is something wrong with my params variable. > > Incidentally, launching with an image filename works so I further assume > > that it's the second param that is failing. The syntax works from a DOS > > prompt but I can't make it work from the R:> or a command file. > > > > I've tried "&" around the pipe character but that made no difference and > > I've tried typing the command in full at the R:> with no luck. > > > > Can anybody see what I'm doing wrong? > > > > > > > > Thanks & regards, > > > > Alastair. > > > > ---------------------------------- > > A D B Burr, > > St. Albans, UK. > > ---------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------- > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
