So I spoke too soon. It looks like the launch command doesn’t actually send command line options but rather sends the command to open the specified document by the specified application. So I can open the application with the document but not actually send it parameters other than to open a document which is not what I’m looking for.
Bill Vlahos On Jun 30, 2014, at 7:03 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
