Wow, Bruce - I didn't see that it was you that wrote the reply. Thank
you much for the help.
I put this "script" in a button definition in a bar, configured as
command "*Script", "If", "(anywindow("C:\*")), with the rest of the
statements in the "More Commands" box. I understand that I need to
escape the "\". Now I know I have to do it in expressions. I hope I
can find something about the "?", which looks like it might be an
operator, in the docs.
As for the "not being able to run it again", I meant a second time,
after it opened the 3 windows and closed them (it's a toggle). The
next time it did absolutely nothing, but some of the syntax wasn't
right. I've since put it into a script file.
I saw in Sysinternal's PrcView, Windows Explorer under powerpro and
indented, which I think means that explorer was started by powerpro
and is its child.
Thanks again for your help!
Steve
--- In [email protected], "brucexs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > *Script If (anywindow("C:\*"))
> > *Window Close ("C:\*")
> > else
> > exec explorer2 C:\path1
> > exec explorer2 C:\path2
> > exec explorer2 C:\path3
> > endif
> >
> > The problem is that after the script closes the windows, I can't
> run
> > it again.
>
> I am not sure what you mean by "I can't run it again.". Do you get
> an error message? Which one? Or does it just not do what you
> expect? If so, what do you expect and what actually happens?
>
> In any event, the following worked for me, assuming \ is your escape
> character (ie you are using the standard configuration:
>
> Script If (anywindow("C:\\*"))
> *Window Close "C:\*"
> else
> exec explorer2 C:\path1
> exec explorer2 C:\path2
> exec explorer2 C:\path3
> endif
>
> The confusing fact is that anywindow("...") involves an expression
> so that the \ must be escaped. Window close is written in the old
> command format so you don't need parenthesis or escaping \.
>
> The following also works, re-written to use dot format for commands,
> for consistency. I also used ?" " to avoid having to escape the \.
> If (anywindow("C:\\*"))
> Window.Close ("C:\*")
> else
> exec.explorer2(?"C:\path1")
> exec.explorer2(?"C:\path2")
> exec.explorer2(?"C:\path3")
>
>
>
>
> Also, I see that explorer.exe remains as a subprocess of
> > Powerpro.
>
>
> I am not sure what you mean by this and what tool you are using to
> make this determination.
>
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