1. shellExecute
- Posted by The Jok3r <Jok3r at GHA.ZZN.COM> Mar 09, 2000
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I need to know how to execute the command (in win32lib v45r): shellExecute(command, file, style) What is needed in: command, file, and style? I'm making a "Run Bar" (Program Launcher, upgrade to Brian Jackson's program launcher. I'm using the system_exec (for error messaging) but I want to use shellexecute.. Get you free email at http://gha.zzn.com and visit us at http://gha.cjb.net ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com
2. Re: shellExecute
- Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM> Mar 10, 2000
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I was hoping David might consider adding this to the documentation... (nudge, nudge) shellExecute( command, file, style ) The following operation strings are valid for 'command': "open" -- The function opens the file specified by the 'file' parameter. The file can be an executable file or a document file. It can also be a folder. "print" -- The function prints the file specified by 'file'. The file should be a document file. If the file is an executable file, the function opens the file, as if "open" had been specified. "explore" -- The function explores the folder specified by 'file'. This parameter can be NULL. In that case, the function opens the file specified by 'file'. 'file' is a string that specifies the file to open or print or the folder to open or explore. The function can open an executable file or a document file. The function can print a document file. If 'file' specifies an executable file, 'style' specifies how the application is to be shown when it is opened. This parameter can be one of the following values: SW_SHOWDEFAULT Default style. SW_HIDE Hides the window and activates another window. SW_MAXIMIZE Maximizes the specified window. SW_MINIMIZE Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top- level window in the z-order. SW_RESTORE Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, Windows restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window. SW_SHOW Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window. SW_SHOWMINIMIZED Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window. SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE Displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active. SW_SHOWNA Displays the window in its current state. The active window remains active. SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The active window remains active. SW_SHOWNORMAL (or SW_NORMAL) Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, Windows restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time. -- Brian
3. Re: shellExecute
- Posted by "Cuny, David at DSS" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Mar 10, 2000
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Brian Broker wrote: > I was hoping David might consider adding > this to the documentation... > (nudge, nudge) I'm really ambivalent about this function, perhaps because it so thinly wraps a Win32 call. I can never remember what the arguments are, and have to look it up in the Win32 help file every time I want to use it. I've considered deprecating it for some time for two seperate routines, each doing a specific task: shellRun( filename, style ) shellPrint( filename ) For anyone who's playing around with Win32Lib and has questions about some of these functions, I highly recommend downloading the Win32 help file on the RDS site. It's often quite easy to 'roll your own' Win32 API calls. -- David Cuny