ExecFile() not executing a file
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| Has anybody experienced ExecFile() not executing a file when the pathname to the file in question appears to be spot on ? The executable in question runs successfully when the icon is double clicked ? |
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| maybe it is some kind of dos-type app? then you should either use ExecFile "cmd " + filename$ (xp) or ExecFile "command " + filename$ (98) |
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| It is a BB3d.exe . I have successfully executed the file form within my BB app prior to 'installing' my project. I have tried using the following to determine whether the confirmation that I am accessing the correct path within the application is not lieing to me:- checkthere = FileType (filename$) Text 5, 600, "The filetype is:- ", checkthere checkthere is basically populated with a blank space character ? I would have thought it should be 0, 1 or 2 - I'm probably going syntactically wrong somewhere.... Ended up using a workaround: prefilename$ = SystemProperty("AppDir") filename$ = SystemProperty("AppDir") + "Results_Compare.exe" ;filename$ = resultzname$ WORKS ChangeDir prefilename$ ExecFile "Results_Compare.exe" |
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| Could be the file cannot be found. Try print filetype(filename$) or if filetype(filename$) = 1 then print "file exists" |
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| checkthere = FileType (filename$) Text 5, 600, "The filetype is:- ", checkthere Should be Text 5,600,"The filetype is:- "+checkthere |
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| Thanks Tom, them syntax gremlins.... |
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| Blitzplotter: "don't eat yellow snow" Don't??? Hmm, maybe that's why my winter snowcones have been tasting rather off lately. :) |
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