Have you tried "open process <processName> for neither" instead of "shell(start...)"?
That's what I use for launching apps... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Rossi > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:18 PM > To: Discussions on Metacard > Subject: Re: Win98 Issue - Launch App on Remote Volume > > > Recently, "Alain Farmer" wrote: > > >> Our (MC 2.4.2) app is designed to launch a second > >> app ... works fine and reliably when run locally. > >> When this is run under Win98 from a remote volume, > >> our app runs fine but will not launch the 2nd app. > >> The error returned in the result is "Not opened" > > > > My guess is that it is a SECURITY issue. *Executing* a program on > > another computer is almost always proscribed, e.g. not allowed. > > > > Therefore, you might want to look at the security > > config for that program. Set it to allow "execute" > > access but, of course, if-and-only-if you have the > > necessary account and authentication information. > > I might expect that too, however: > > 1) Our app is located on the remote volume and can be > launched without problem; > > 2) The user has administrative access; > > 3) Launching the 2nd app works on Win2K and WinXP; > > 4) Using get shell("start" && "path_to_the_app.exe") returns > empty as if successful, but nothing happens; > > 5) Double-clicking the app runs it correctly. > > I suppose I could resort to the old externals package and > send a double click to the 2nd app, but I've run into > stability issues with it and would prefer to avoid using it. > > Thanks for your suggestions/observations Alain. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design > ----- > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: http://www.tactilemedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metac> ard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
