1. A bit of help...
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Hi again!
Is there some way to open a file from command line into GENERIC.EXW
included with Win32lib? If not, do I have to add command_line into
GENERIC.EXW, and how do I do it? (I never made sense of it...) I'll give
a shot at it, and tell me how i'm doing/help me correct it.
Thanx!
"LEVIATHAN"
sequence cmd_line
cmd_line = command_line()
so if user types at command prompt: generic.exe c:\magicdat.out
cmd_line would me: {"path/generic.exe", "c:\magicdat.out"}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(^ = I want this. How do I get just that segment?)
2. Re: A bit of help...
Bonn Ortloff ("LEVIATHAN") wondered:
>Is there some way to open a file from command line into GENERIC.EXW
>included with Win32lib? If not, do I have to add command_line into
>GENERIC.EXW, and how do I do it? (I never made sense of it...) I'll give
>a shot at it, and tell me how i'm doing/help me correct it.
You are correct, in that command_line is the mechanism to do it.
You are guaranteed to get at least two sequences back from command_line();
those you can ignore. You are interested in the third argument. So something
along the lines of:
sequence parm, fileName
parm = command_line()
if length(parm) > 2 then
-- they entered a file name
-- note that only the first name entered is used
fileName = parm[3]
else
-- no file name
fileName = ""
end if
should do the trick.
Hope this helps!
-- David Cuny
