open a file with a particular application in CVI

[proton029]

I have a notepad file with x and y data's and i want to open it with a plotting app. I used system("notepad xy.txt") function to open it with notepad and had no issues but by using system("plotapp xy.txt")  wasn't working. Is there a way to do this differnetly?

[mkossmann]

Might it be that you need to use "\full\path\to\plottapp.exe" instead of just "plotapp" ?

[RobertoBozzolo]

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@mkossmann  ha scritto:

Might it be that you need to use "\full\path\to\plottapp.exe" instead of just "plotapp" ?

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... or the full pathname to the data file.

Does system () return any error?

[proton029]

yes , But i have managed to work the application by Using CopyFile() to copy plotapp to a the folder which  the text file lies. I ve  also tried giving path name in System but doesnt work . System() works pretty fine for System 32 prgrams

[proton029]

I ve tried it but doesnt work

[proton029]

I used CopyFile to cply the app and used system()  and setDir to open it from there and it works . Thanks all for help.