Re: Open App/file

2014-08-27 Thread Bob Sneidar
check first that the application and document exist first tho’. Bob S On Aug 25, 2014, at 14:13 , Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: launch [document path] with [application path] should work, shouldn’t it? Read the Dictionary entry for other variations.

Re: Open App/file

2014-08-26 Thread Charles Szasz
Colin, What is the path when a PDF document is with your app? Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: Open App/file

2014-08-26 Thread Colin Holgate
Look in the dictionary for specialFolderPath. On Aug 26, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Charles Szasz csz...@me.com wrote: Colin, What is the path when a PDF document is with your app? Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Open App/file

2014-08-26 Thread Charles Szasz
Colin, Thanks! I will check it out. I have a PDF manual in the same folder as my app and I want to include the manual as a menu item that could open by either Acrobat Reader on Windows oryx Preview on OS X. Sent from my iPad ___ use-livecode mailing

Open App/file

2014-08-25 Thread JB
Is there a way to send a double click to a file or application if I have the file path? Or any other code that would allow me to open a file or application? I do not mean I want a binary read/write I just want the file or app to open like it does when I click on it in the finder. John Balgenorth

Re: Open App/file

2014-08-25 Thread Colin Holgate
launch [document path] with [application path] should work, shouldn’t it? Read the Dictionary entry for other variations. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: Open App/file

2014-08-25 Thread JB
Thank you! I was looking in the dictionary for open and couldn’t find it. This will do the job. Thanks. John Balgenorth On Aug 25, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: launch [document path] with [application path] should work, shouldn’t it? Read the Dictionary entry