This is not an app problem Bob, the program never runs. In any case, I've found a workaround for the problem, which is to issue two commands in one call to the shell. So tCommand now contains:
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin" & diff.exe -i-E -b -B "<path to filename1>" "<path to filename2>" That works. Pretty clear LC is messing with the command before it hands it off to the shell. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > I'm at a loss then without the app that you are testing. I'd have to see > the whole command with arguments and have the app installed to make any > determinations. Years of troubleshooting has taught me to reproduce the > user's issue before proceeding, and I can't do that here. Sorry. > > Bob > > > On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > Bob, > > My latest post explains more about this - it's not the program > > name itself that causes the problem - it's the fact that > > I'm passing parameters into the program on the command line enclosed in > > quotes - that's what causes the error despite the fact that exactly the > > same command works at a Windows command prompt. > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > > > >> I tried that Ralph and it wouldn't work. I got the same result Peter did > >> when I excluded the quotes. Another way to do it is shell(quote & > tCommand > >> & quote) > >> > >> That way you can be sure there are quotes when the command is shelled > out. > >> This would work only if you don't have arguments that must be outside a > >> quoted string. > >> > >> It's my understanding that the command should work in the command prompt > >> without quotes, but there must be something about the shell() function > >> itself that messes with the command. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> On Oct 16, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > >> > >>> Peter, > >>> > >>> Lose the quotes around the program name and you should be OK > >>> > >>> Ralph DiMola > >>> IT Director > >>> Evergreen Information Services > >>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode