(my question was: > Hi All, > > Is there a possibility to open a file with an application, even if the > application is already open ? > > launch doc with app stops if app is already open.)
>1. Sjoerd Op 't Land wrote: > >Guess you need to do this with AppleScript. First find out what script to >use (play around with the ScriptMaker) and the execute it with > > do myScript as AppleScript >2. Gary Aitcheson wrote: > >There is an ext-openFile command in a collection of externals at >www.xworlds.com. This has the equivalent effect of double clicking the >icon >of a file, folder or application. > >Hope this helps - Gary Thanks both. BUT : ( I've answered Sjoerd privately. Here's a summary) Today, our users are making reports in HC by creating text files. This text files are opened by an Excel macro using the command : open "macroname" with "microsoft excel". Once the macro is opened, the macro itself opens the text file and formats it, set pagesetup correct (landscape, portrait, scale, �), etc,� and saves the file in a desktop reports folder. Users here work mostly with 3 app's open : HC, Word and Excel. If someone has to quit Excel everytime he/she makes a report in Rev, that would cause much frustration. 1. AppleScript can't be a solution : Migration from HyperCard to Rev can't target only Macintosh platforms : it must target as many platforms as possible. 2. Externals Collection : have to test this. But in this case we are dependent of another third party ! What with updates, what with OSX, � . If standard in Rev, updating Rev should be sufficient. Jan
