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03-27-2005, 06:39 PM
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SHELL NOT paths+spaces
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Dear friends,
When using Shell command to open a file with a program rather than the associated one we use
Shell "%path%\program.exe %path%\file.xyz"
This command wont work if the file path contain spaces such as "d:\New Folder\file.xyz" any body can help?!??!?
Thank u
Moh'd I. Odeh
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03-27-2005, 06:48 PM
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Wrap the string you pass to the Shell Function in quotes, then the spaces will be handled correctly.
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03-27-2005, 07:11 PM
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didnt work!
Shell "d:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe D:\Documents and Settings\Moh'd.ABUALOUD\My Documents\image\1.bmp"
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03-27-2005, 07:22 PM
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Hi odehmohd,
Try
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Shell ("d:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe ""D:\Documents and Settings\Moh'd.ABUALOUD\My Documents\image\1.bmp")
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03-27-2005, 07:34 PM
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Never tried open a file with a specified program, but wouldn't you need to use Chr(34) to return a quote?
Something like Msgbox(Chr(34) & "Hello world!" & Chr(34)) would give you "Hello world!".
So I assume this would work:
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Shell(Chr(34) & "c:\prog.exe" & Chr(34) & " " & Chr(34) & "c:\file.txt" & Chr(34))
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Last edited by dcbasic; 03-27-2005 at 07:43 PM.
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03-27-2005, 07:38 PM
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Gr8,
Thank u OnError
Thank u Neolle
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03-27-2005, 07:38 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by dcbasic
Never tried open a file with a specified program, but wouldn't you need to use Chr(34) to return a quote?
Something like Msgbox(Chr(34) & "Hello world!" & Chr(34)) would give you "Hello world!".
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yep, you can do that
but you can also do this Msgbox("""Hello world!""") |
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03-27-2005, 07:44 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Aseen
yep, you can do that
but you can also do this Msgbox("""Hello world!""")
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Thanks for the tip! Typing Chr(34) gets tiresome!  |
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03-28-2005, 11:19 AM
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Still stuck in shell (program file)
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A=”d:\windows\sytem32\mspaint.exe”
B=”d:\documents and setting\a.bmp”
C= A & “ “ & B
Shell C ‘this command cannot handle spaces in D string correctly as:
Shell ”d:\windows\sytem32\mspaint.exe ””d:\documents and setting\a.bmp”
any one help?
Moh'd I. Odeh
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03-28-2005, 11:25 AM
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You thanked us, but apparently didn't take the advice of wrapping the strings in quotes.
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03-28-2005, 02:50 PM
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I did it man,,,,,
Thank u again 
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