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RUN a exe whose path contains spaces
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16/10/1997 23:08:21
 
 
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16/10/1997 23:05:18
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00055090
Message ID:
00055092
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25
>>I have a problem where I need to run a program that potentially resides in a directory such c:\Program Files\blah blah\the.exe.
>>
>>I'm currently building the run command in a quoted variable and executing the run with a macro as follows:
>>
>>xCmnd = '"' + GetTheProgram() + ' ' + GetParameters() + '''
>>&& xCmnd would look like "C:\Program Files\Blah Blah\The.exe C:\Program Files\Blah Blah\AnotherFileName"
>>RUN &xCmnd
>>
>>Fail
>>
>>If, however xCmnd looked like "C:\Blah\The.exe C:\Program Files\Blah Blah\AnotherFileName" it works.
>>
>>It appears the parses takes to the first space as the executable file for the run command. Anyone know how to solve this problem.
>
>I have had some problems like this before. Now, I am always using the RUN inside the macro so I now call the macro like this:
>
>LOCAL lcExec
>lcExec='RUN '+everythingyouneedhere...
>&lcExec

I'll Let you know in about 5 minutes if it works.

Thanks

Bill Wilson
sharbot.com
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