Yes; that's what I was trying to say! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:57 PM Subject: RE: system() problem in win98
> > I think what he is saying is that the system() syntax is not changed in Perl > between Win98 and Win2k except where there are changes in the shell of each > operating system. Try typing the command in manually and make sure it > really works before you start looking for a bug in Perl. There are subtle > differences in the command lines for Win98 and Win2k. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:54 AM > To: Beau E. Cox > Cc: Perl Beginners > Subject: Re: system() problem in win98 > > > Do you say that the start doesn't work under win98? However, the DDE for > the .DOC is the same with the win2k. > > > > > Quoting "Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:23 PM > > Subject: system() problem in win98 > > > > > > > > > > i have the following function call > > > > > > $filename_winword="C:/Program Files/Microsoft > > > Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE"; > > > > > > $result->{DOCUMENT_NAME}= the filename from the database. > > > > > > system ("start"," ",$filename_winword,"/n ", > > "docs/$result->{DOCUMENT_NAME}"); > > > > > > Although it works great under Win2000 system, when i run it on a > > > win98 > > system > > > it doesn't work. > > > > > > Has anyone faced a similar problem? > > > > > > > Hi - > > > > I doubt your problem has anything whatsoever to do with > > perl. Open a command window on your Win 98 system > > and mimic what you are trying to do via perl. > > > > Aloha => Beau; > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
