Rif.: LaunchExecutableEx

[cjp1]

I'm trying to launch wordpad and have it open a specific file using LaunchExecutableEx. The problem arises when the specific file i want to open or its path contains a blank character, all characters after the blank character are trunciated and wordpad complans that it can't fine the file and closes. Is there away arouind?

eg.

Fmt(fname, "%s<%s", "C:\\ Test it\\TestFile One.asc");

Fmt(launchFile, "%s<%s %s", "C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\wordpad.exe", fname);
error = LaunchExecutableEx (launchFile, LE_SHOWNORMAL, &handle);

[RobertoBozzolo]

Wordpad requires the filename to be enclosed in double quotes in case the pathname contains spaces. You can obtain this by adding a '\042' before and after the document pathname (042 being the octal equivalent of 34 which is the ascii code for double quotes)

Fmt (fname, "%s<%s", "C:\\temp\\fuffa\\prova testo.txt");
Fmt (launchFile, "%s<%s \042%s\042", "C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\wordpad.exe", fname);
LaunchExecutableEx (launchFile, LE_SHOWNORMAL, NULL);

Enclosing in double quotes pathnames that include spaces is somewhat standard in Windows, even if some programs like notepad tolerate document pathnames that includes spaces without them.

[cjp1]

Thanks for your reply