OpenEuphoria

Re: IDE for Win32lib -- folders with dot in the name

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM> Sep 14, 2000
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:18:03 -0400, Judith Evans wrote:

>I've changed IDE to look for extra dots in file / and or directory names
and
>have run into a snag.
>
>Directories with a name such as Derek is using with a space in the
>directory name:  \Euphoria\Win32lib v.052\x.exw. I made such a directory
and
>placed a good running program in it to check out what was happening.
>Without even using IDE I can't get the program to run from Explorer or the
>Run command. EXW balks at the space in the directory name. But I can use
>\euphoria\win32lib.v052\ and EXW doesn't seem to mind or even
>\euphoria\win32lib\x.x.exw.
>
>I don't know how Derek is able to run his programs. Anybody able to help me
>here?
>
>Judith

Make sure that the path & file name are encapsulated with double quotes.
This tells the OS to include the spaces as part of the file name.

-- Brian