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Re: I need someone to test this on Windows

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gmail.com> Apr 06, 2006
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Brian Broker wrote:
> 
> Jerry Story wrote:
> > 
> > Brian Broker wrote:
> > > I tried replacing
> > > WIN_INTERNET_PROGS = {"start"}
> > > with
> > > WIN_INTERNET_PROGS = {"RunDll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"}
> > > 
> > > but it only partially worked.
> > > It opens a command window and sits there.  When
> > > I close the command window, it opens up the web page...
> > > 
> > > There must be a better way.
> > 
> > Thanks for the effort. Does system_exec() work better than system() ?
> > The Euphoria documentations says that system() starts a new DOS shell
> > and system_exec() does not.
> 
> 
> nul = system_exec(cmd,0) does not show a console window but it still takes a
> good 30 seconds for it to bring up the browser window w/ search.  Matt's
> solution
> worked the same.  When I reported earlier the need to close the stubborn
> console
> window, it really meant that I was impatient and didn't wait for it to close
> (and then open the browser /w search).
> 
> I'm not sure why that is... I've always avoided the 'system' commands thinking
> they were more geared for a Dead Operating System.
> 
> I'm back to thinking the shellexecute wrapper might be best.  Unless you or
> someone else already has a solution, I could try that idea tomorrow.

Since Jerry's using wxEuphoria, he could use wx_shell() instead.

Matt Lewis