Re: run windows program

Hi Florencia, if you use the (undocumented) Tcl-Api, then you can just use
 LET the_command = "shellexec ",param_file CLIPPED
 --# CALL fgl_uisendcommand(the_command CLIPPED)
without the need for the wrapper proc if you are only using WTK under Windows for BDL.
However I find the "ShelExec" solution presented earlier pretty neat, because it has also a /WAIT 
parameter
Kind Regards, Leo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Florencia Vitale
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: RE: [fourjs-users] run windows program


Hi,

I don't know who started this thread because I haven't been reading mails this week, and just trying 
to catch up.

But we use a different approach, that works fine on Win98, XP, etc., since long ago :


1) on a standard library, thats executed on startup on every program, we load a TCL script :

            LET p_fgldir = FGL_GETENV("FGLDIR")
            LET p_archenv = p_fgldir CLIPPED, "etc/winstart.tcl"
            --# CALL fgl_uisendsource(p_archenv)

2) this is the content of "winstart.tcl", which is placed in $FGLDIR/etc :

            proc win_start { the_file } {
                shellexec $the_file
            }

3) and then we have another library function, that receives the filename (complete path) to execute 
on the PC, and does the following :

            LET the_command = "win_start ",param_file CLIPPED
            --# CALL fgl_uisendcommand(the_command CLIPPED)

What I do not remember is how we set the path names in case the file is on the PCs (how many "\\" to 
use), because all examples I've found are from files that are on a web server, so the paths are like 
: http://web_server/complete_path_with_simple_unix_slash.

Hope this helps (of course this doesn't work on Genero, as it's TCL, but then in Genero it works 
fine with "winexec").

Florencia

-----Mensaje original-----
De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]En nombre de H.J. Sanders
Enviado el: jueves, 14 de julio de 2005 8:56
Para: [email protected]
Asunto: RE: [fourjs-users] run windows program


How dow we get the fix for the crash bug

Henk Sanders





-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]Namens Brian Grellinger
Verzonden: woensdag 13 juli 2005 15:28
Aan: [email protected]
Onderwerp: Re: [fourjs-users] run windows program


Hmmm . . .
We did not implement Genero because of the copy/paste deficiency, yet we use shellexec in a LOT of 
BDL programs:
(variable fglserver contains IP of workstation)

let scratch = "rsh ", fglserver clipped, " shellexec C:/filename.xls"
run scratch

This works like a charm on XP.
(BDL 3.53, WTK 3.54.1a)



Brian Grellinger
I.S. Manager
Doosan Infracore America Corp
Information Systems

>>> [email protected] 07/13/05 08:49AM >>>
Hi Brian,ShellExec is only in genero,not BDL.
For letting WinExecWait working properly within BDL,the whole commandline must be sent properly
LET    win_cmnd = "outlook.exe c:\\\\test.eml" (assuming outlook in the path)
The crash bug has been fixed meanwhile (error in formatting the error message:-()

Kind Regards, Leo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brian Grellinger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [fourjs-users] run windows program


Shellexec may do it.

Brian Grellinger
I.S. Manager
Doosan Infracore America Corp
Information Systems

>>> [email protected] 07/08/05 10:39AM >>>

Hello list.

Does anyone know how to start a windows program from 4js depending on the
windows file extension.

Like :

LET    win_cmnd = "c:\\\\test.eml"
CALL  WinExecWait(win_cmd) returning ...


I would like it to start Outlook with the file test.eml but instead 4js
crashes.

Many thanks


Henk Sanders