Thanks Mike, didn't know about the LC shortfilepath function.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When you put the contents into your tCommand variable you can do this
>
> put shortfilepath("the file path with spaces") && "the paramers and
> switches to pass" into tCommand
>
> At this point no quotes are needed around the filepath because there will
> be no spaces. (it will be in 8.3 format)
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote:
>
> > I mean diff.exe. I would need that to try the exact arguments you are
> > using. But glad you got it working.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > On Oct 16, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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