this is what I have so far… command openWorkingFolderInFinder pFolderFile set the itemdel to "/" put pFolderFile into sRootFolder delete item -1 of sRootFolder switch platform() case "MacOS" put ("open " & quote & sRootFolder & quote) into tShell break case "Win32" put ("explorer.exe /n/root," & tRootfolder) into tShell break end switch get shell(tShell) end openWorkingFolderInFinder
Can anyone test if this opens a folder on Windows? tks On 2/22/17, 4:59 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: OK I studied the doc here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/130510/command-line-switches-for-windows-explorer and actually the use cases are more often to open a folder but I don't have windows to test does this work to open a folder window on Win32? get shell (”explorer.exe /n,/root,c:\windows\system32\my-project-folder") BR On 2/22/17, 1:54 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Roger Eller via use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: get shell (”explorer.exe /select,c:\windows\system32\selected_file.txt") Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29970897/cmd-file-tasks-open-directory-and-select-file ~Roger _______________________________________________ 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