Skip, This is great. I’ve been struggling with this for a couple of weeks now without success.
This works for me when I point to a .exe file but not if I point to a link file (.lnk) such as in the Start Menu folder. The reason I want to use the .lnk file in Start Menu is that the actual application may be installed in a number of locations (Program Files, Program Files (x86), file server, etc.) but there is always a .lnk file in the Start Menu when the application is installed. The cmd window in Windows7 supports command line options for .lnk files so I wonder if this is a LiveCode limitation of the launch command. Thanks for the timely posting. Bill Vlahos On Jun 30, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > Got it working. Ended up with this to get it working: > > launch "c:/Program Files (x86)/MyProgram/file.exe /P > ""E&"myfile.txt""E > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > >> Hello LC'ers, >> >> I need to launch a function within my LC application. How would I >> properly format a launch URL statement that launches a file with command >> line options? For instance, what I need to launch is: >> >> C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\file.exe /P "myfile.txt" >> >> Every way I try to format the statement it does not work and get a "can't >> open file." >> >> Here is what I am currently trying but failing miserably with: >> launch url "file:c:\Program Files (x86)\MyProgram\file.exe /P >> ""E&"myfile.txt""E >> >> Your help is always appreciated! >> >> SKIP >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
