I made test wih the code below and it worked fine:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use Tk;
my $mw = new MainWindow();
my $filename=$mw->getOpenFile(-filetypes=>[['MS Word Document', '*.doc']]);
system("$filename");
Bye,
Josimar Nunes de Oliveira
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From: "Michele Ouellet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Trying to open a word document on the shell
> You need to supply the full path of your document, even though it may be
> sitting in the "current directory".
>
> Good luck,
>
> Mich�le.
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I am trying to open a document as below
> >
> > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
> >
> >
> > use Tk;
> >
> >
> > my $mw = new MainWindow();
> >
> > my $filename=$mw->getOpenFile(-filetypes=>[['WinWord','winword.exe']]);
> >
> >
> > system("$filename john.doc");
> >
> >
> > But it says it cannot find the $filename path
> >
> > the $filename form is "C:/Program Files/Microsoft
> Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE"
> >
> > How can i overcome this problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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