This works! It just needed double the quotes on the outside. Thank you zryip!
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:26 PM, zryip theSlug [via Runtime Revolution] < [email protected]<ml-node%[email protected]> > wrote: > 2010/3/31 Andrew Kluthe <[hidden > email]<http://n4.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=1747251&i=0>>: > > > > > > I tried what is recommended in this post > > > > > http://n4.nabble.com/put-shell-and-escaping-quotes-how-to-do-this-td991042.html#a991074 > > > > but the shell still ends up getting it with no quotes and effectively > > breaking it. > > > > put quote & "C:\Program Files\Visual CUT 11\Visual CUT.exe" & quote & " > -e" > > into vcPath > > > > put quote & "C:\Rev\FOM2\Lease Reports\All > > Leases\LeasePaymentsbyLeaseName.rpt" & quote into sReportName > > > > put quote & "Parm1:2010" & quote into sParams > > > > put "[[vcPath]] [[sReportName]] [[sParams]]" into sCommand > > put shell( merge(sCommand) ) > > > > > > This outputs the same message from the console that I would get if I put > it > > straight in with no quotes: > > > > 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > operable program or batch file. > > -- > > This code works fine for me to open a pdf with acrobat: > > put shell(quote"e&"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat > 5.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" > "e&"e&"C:\Program Files\Revolution > Enterprise\4.0.0-gm-1\Documentation > \pdf\First Stack - Part One.pdf""e"e) > > Note that I double the quote at start and end of the string. > > If I transpose this test to your case I obtain: > > put quote&"C:\Program Files\Visual CUT 11\Visual > CUT.exe""e&&"-e"&"e&"C:\Rev\FOM2\Lease > Reports\All > Leases\LeasePaymentsbyLeaseName.rpt""e&"e&"Parm1:2010""e > into sCommand > put shell(quote&sCommand"e) > > How this code works for you? > > For me it returns "The system cannot find the path specified.". Not > really odds because Crystal Report is not installed on my PC. ;) > > Regards, > > -- > -Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8) > http://www.aslugontheroad.co.cc > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [hidden > email]<http://n4.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=1747251&i=1> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > ------------------------------ > View message @ > http://n4.nabble.com/Escaping-Quotes-tp1746959p1747251.html > To unsubscribe from Re: Escaping Quotes?, click here< (link removed) ==>. > > > -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Escaping-Quotes-tp1746959p1747401.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
