ExeFile options

[Jeku]

Hello,

Is there any way to uses the EXEFILE command with switches?  I've tried "notepad.exe help.txt" but it exits with an error.  Just "notepad.exe" by itself works fine.

Any ideas why?

[kevin]

I'd say you'd have the wrap the file your exe'ing parameters in quotes..  

ie.
execfile "notepad.exe "+chr$(34)+"help.txt"+chr$(34)

[Jeku]

Sadly that doesn't work either.  I think PlayBasic has a problem with more that one word in the ExeFile command.  NOTEPAD.EXE and IEXPLORE.EXE work fine by themselves, but if you pass anything them then PlayBasic gives a file not found error.

[empty]

Yeah, having troubles here too. Unless I specify the complete path it won't even start notepad.exe. For the time being you can use this function:

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Constant SW_HIDE     = 0
Constant SW_MAXIMIZE   = 3
Constant SW_MINIMIZE   = 6
Constant SW_RESTORE    = 9
Constant SW_SHOW    = 5
Constant SW_SHOWDEFAULT  = 10
Constant SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Constant SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Constant SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE= 7
Constant SW_SHOWNA    = 8
Constant SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
Constant SW_SHOWNORMAL   = 1


Psub WinExec(CmdLine$, CmdShow)
Local Kernel32 = GetFreeDll()
LoadDll "kernel32",Kernel32
Local Result = CallDll(Kernel32, "WinExec", CmdLine$, CmdShow)
DeleteDll Kernel32
EndPsub Result

; TESTING 1,2,3...
WinExec("Notepad.exe 'c:\Test.txt'", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
Print "Notepad started"
Sync
WaitKey


[kevin]

hmm, If it traps a file no found then it must check a file exists before running it.   Obviously it doesn't strip the filename of any extra tokens before checking it's state.  Will have to add that to the 1.06x  list :)

[Jeku]

Empty - Thanks for the awesome code sample, it works!  Now I can use that for my online high score table :-)