Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-19 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Ah! yeeesss! completly forgot that! while reminds me that I used the first one a couple of times in my scripts ;-o))) I did not know the second one (to run) Very worthwhile to know this 2 commands and their difference Thanks a lot Emmett, I much appreciate your contribution Best regards from

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-19 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Bonjour Peter, Le 18 juin 10 à 14:46, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : Hmm... On my system (MacBook, OSX 10.5.8, Rev Studio 4.0.0-gm-1, build 950) the following works fine: launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word whereas launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-19 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Ah! yes I understand now! My old handler was launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Word That used to work! Trying to use it again, as my current version of Office is 2008, I just replaced 2004 with 2008 which was not working (whence my first post on this subject). OK!

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-19 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Peter Brigham MD wrote: Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the other apps now have .app appended, but Microsoft Word

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-19 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 19 juin 10 à 12:40, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Peter Brigham MD wrote: Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Le 17 juin 10 à 15:22, Peter Brigham MD a écrit : I suspect the problem was more related to the final slash in your original script, so a folder was specified rather than a file. Does it work using .../Microsoft Word without the .app but also without the final slash? -- Peter Bonjour

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread BNig
André, for what it is worth: in MacOS X you can select the file/application you want to address in the finder, command-C or copy it and paste it into the Rev field/script to get the full path pasted. If you want multiple files you select them in the finder and then drag and drop these files

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Wow! I did not know that; sure it is worth! Unfortunately seems that it does not work in tRev (impossible to paste directly in the script); but it works in the message box or in a field, from which it is possible to copy/paste in the script; so it is OK it works well in the script editor

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Emmett Gray
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:16:49 +0200, Andre.Bisseret andre.bisse...@inria.fr wrote asking this. An elegant way is to use AppleScript, which avoids having to know the path: do tell application quote Microsoft Word quote to activate as AppleScript opens it and makes it frontmost, or do

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Brigham MD
Hmm... On my system (MacBook, OSX 10.5.8, Rev Studio 4.0.0-gm-1, build 950) the following works fine: launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word whereas launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app does not work. In the Finder on my Mac, the MSWord

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Peter Brigham MD wrote: Hmm... On my system (MacBook, OSX 10.5.8, Rev Studio 4.0.0-gm-1, build 950) the following works fine: launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word whereas launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app does not work. In the Finder on my

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Brigham MD
Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the other apps now have .app appended, but Microsoft Word doesn't. Neither does Powerpoint or Excel. And when I try answer file Pick

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
Peter Brigham MD wrote: Yes, I forgot about the show all file extensions preference. I have it off, but when I turn it on and look in my Applications folder in the Finder, all of the other apps now have .app appended, but Microsoft Word doesn't. Neither does Powerpoint or Excel. And when I

How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Bonjour, If I put the following handler in the script of a button: on mouseUp launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word/ answer the result end mouseUp I get no such program I was quite sure that I had have this working well before (Actually, I just replace 2004 with

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread Klaus on-rev
Bonjour, Andre.Bisseret: Bonjour, If I put the following handler in the script of a button: on mouseUp launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word/ answer the result end mouseUp I get no such program You supply a path to a FOLDER here, is that correct? Shouldn't it

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread BNig
André, on mouseUp launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app if the result is not empty then answer the result end mouseUp works for me. regards Bernd -- View this message in context:

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Guten tag Klaus, Le 17 juin 10 à 13:20, Klaus on-rev a écrit : Bonjour, Andre.Bisseret: Bonjour, If I put the following handler in the script of a button: on mouseUp launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word/ answer the result end mouseUp I get no such program You

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread Andre.Bisseret
Danke shön! Bernd for your prompt reply Klaus was the winner ;-))) with the same suggestion works fine now with .app Guten nachmittag! André Le 17 juin 10 à 13:49, BNig a écrit : André, on mouseUp launch /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app if the result is not

Re: How to launch an application (like word from a stack?

2010-06-17 Thread Peter Brigham MD
I suspect the problem was more related to the final slash in your original script, so a folder was specified rather than a file. Does it work using .../Microsoft Word without the .app but also without the final slash? -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com