Hi All Don't use shell on windows if you don't administer the computer your using it on. It is standard practice for system admins (particularly in an education setting) to block the cmd prompt. That locks up your app!
So use the open process commands instead. See: http://goulding.ws/2010/10/15/command-prompt-blocking-policies-and-the-shell-function/ Cheers Monte On 01/10/2011, at 7:50 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Do you actually realise that there was a time when shell was all we had? It > is in no way different from the DOS or Unix command prompt from so long ago. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > See what you get with only a small contribution. All our LiveCode downloads > are listed at http://qery.us/zr > > On 30 sep 2011, at 23:45, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: > >> I've always been afraid of going to shell... >> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
