Hi, does anybody know why this does not work when trying to launch a
pps file? Perhaps someone can tell me the best way of showing a pps
display from paradox. Thanks Paul.

execute("C:\\Program
Files\\MSOffice\\OFFICE11\\Powerpnt.exe,C:\\Corel\ \PdoxApps\\Visual
Acuity\\animation1.pps").

I think you should get rid of the comma after the Exe but not sure.

Anyway, much better to use ShellExecuteA - search the forums for the code.
It's genereic for opening all kinds of files with a registered extension.

To hardcode the path to the exe in this way could fail for many reasons.


Anders

I think this will work:

execute("C:\\Program
Files\\MSOffice\\OFFICE11\\Powerpnt.exe -C:\\Corel\\PdoxApps\\Visual
Acuity\\animation1.pps").

hans

"OzPaul" <pfweston (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Hans Schoutsen wrote:
Also note that the "PPS" file-extension must be properly registered, so that
an attempt to "execute" one automatically causes the correct application to
be launched . . .

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Not when you call it like it was here, first a reference to the exe-file,
then followed by a path to a file, then it shouldn't matter if the
file-extension is registered to the exe. At least is that how I think most
programs work.

Anyway, ShellExecuteA is a better way because then one don't have to worry
about which version of Powerpoint, where it is installed etc. If the user
doesn't have Powerpoint he might have installed the free pp-viewer from
Microsoft and then the path and exe file name will be different, etc, etc.

Anders

Ok, Thanks all. ShellExecuteA works nicely. Guess I was a bit
intimidated initially but I'm ecstatic now it works. Thanks Paul.



Anders Jonsson wrote: