Hey that's a great tip Mike! Bob
On Oct 16, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Mike Bonner 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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