Re: [R] shell.exec() on Windows, unexpected behavior

2007-05-14 Thread S Ellison
Richard; Windows file open behaviour is dictated by the complete set of file associations in the windows registry. You can inspect them in Explorer via tools|folder options|File types, by finding the file type and looking at the advanced options. I would suspect that installing acrobat and

[R] shell.exec() on Windows, unexpected behavior

2007-05-11 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
I have Windows XP machines with different software configurations. My laptop has Adobe Reader 8 and Adobe Acrobat 6. My desktop has Adobe Reader 8 and does not have Adobe Acrobat. On both machines, PDF extensions are registered to Adobe Reader 8.0, and double-clicking a pdf file in Windows

Re: [R] shell.exec() on Windows, unexpected behavior

2007-05-11 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Just a guess but perhaps it opens the file with the association that existed when R was installed and that association was different from the current association? Try re-installing R and see if that changes it. On 5/11/07, Richard M. Heiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Windows XP machines

Re: [R] shell.exec() on Windows, unexpected behavior

2007-05-11 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11/05/2007 7:37 PM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: I have Windows XP machines with different software configurations. My laptop has Adobe Reader 8 and Adobe Acrobat 6. My desktop has Adobe Reader 8 and does not have Adobe Acrobat. On both machines, PDF extensions are registered to Adobe