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RUN a exe whose path contains spaces
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20/10/1997 15:48:58
 
 
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20/10/1997 02:40:02
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00055090
Message ID:
00055603
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32
>>>>>>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.
>
>did you try having xCmnd look like
>
>'run "C:\Blah Blah\name.exe" ...'?
>
>Arnon

Yes I have and gosh golly it still won't work. Thanks

Bill Wilson
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