xbasic code help

[Digitaled]

Re: xbasic code help

Here is what i am working on.

The script gos in the Pro Design System toolbar in the Code edit view on the one button as.
Button Action set it to Run Xbasic

I only have one button on it right now till i get this working.

When you click on the button it should open up Photo shop and create a blank 4x6 window for you in PS and thats it.

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If you make a file set up like this it works
sys_shell("C:\testA\testB\Drops\4x6.exe C:\testA\testB\Drops\Trigger.jpg",1)

But when you have any words that have a space it will not work like.... Program Files

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic code help

Ed, unfortunately, I don't have Photoshop installed on this machine. can you post the script you're having trouble with? Mabye there is something else going on???

[MikeC]

Re: xbasic code help

Jeff, Ed,

As spaces indicate where an arguement starts shouldn't the space between Program Files be considered??? Not entirely sure of how to do this...maybe add single quotes like-- 'Program Files' . Also, I wouldn't think you would add the single quotes completely around the arguement but just around what name(s) have spaces??

Mike

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic code help

Jeff, Ed,

As spaces indicate where an arguement starts shouldn't the space between Program Files be considered??? Not entirely sure of how to do this...maybe add single quotes like-- 'Program Files' . Also, I wouldn't think you would add the single quotes completely around the arguement but just around what name(s) have spaces??

Mike

If you place single quotes around the whole path alpha should ignore the spaces and consider the whole path as one string. It should work either way.

This is strange... When I was testing some solutions earlier I tried this:

sys_shell("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\notepad.exe C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Notepad Files\payments.txt")

It didn't work until I put single quotes around the argument. I just tried it again without the quotes and it worked fine?!? I must have done something, but I'm not sure what...

[MikeC]

Re: xbasic code help

Jeff,

Could be that the spaces are sometimes ignored and sometimes not...just like in naming fields and such--sometimes spaces pose a problem and sometimes not. Just a possibility I think.

Maybe Ed should simply add the single quotes around both the arguement path and the initial path just to see what happens in his case. Not much to lose...

Mike

[Digitaled]

Re: xbasic code help

Here is the last one that i tryed and did not work.

Are the quotes in the right place?
What else can i try

sys_shell("C:\Program Files\HollywoodPM\Drops\4x6.exe 'C:\Program Files\HollywoodPM\Drops\Trigger.jpg'",1)

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic code help

Ed, That statement looks fine... I don't have photoshop on my computer so I can't test further, but I don't think your problem is in Alpha. What happens if you run 4x6.exe from the command prompt with c:\...\trigger.jpg as the argument?

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic code help

Jeff,

Could be that the spaces are sometimes ignored and sometimes not...just like in naming fields and such--sometimes spaces pose a problem and sometimes not. Just a possibility I think.

Maybe Ed should simply add the single quotes around both the arguement path and the initial path just to see what happens in his case. Not much to lose...

Mike

Mike, that's true, it never hurts to test things out. I know for sure that the two suggestions I made do work, I'm just not sure why they aren't working for Ed. I suspect it has something to do with Photoshop, but what do I know? :)

[Digitaled]

Re: xbasic code help

Ed, That statement looks fine... I don't have photoshop on my computer so I can't test further, but I don't think your problem is in Alpha. What happens if you run 4x6.exe from the command prompt with c:\...\trigger.jpg as the argument?

I am not sure how to do that??

It dose work when i have no words with space in them.

[MikeC]

Re: xbasic code help

Ed,

Have you tried using the single quotes around the initial path also? In addition to having them around the arguement that is. Try it please just to eliminate that possibility.

Mike

[Jeff@Listbrokers]

Re: xbasic code help

I am not sure how to do that??

It dose work when i have no words with space in them.

I'm thinking that when you execute 4x6.exe it invokes photoshop... I'm thinking there might be a problem with the photoshop interaction.

To run 4x6.exe from the command prompt do the following:

Are you familiar with DOS?

GOTO start->run, type cmd, press enter
when the command prompt opens you'll have to navigate to the directory that has the 4x6.exe file in it.
To do that you would type something like:

cd \program files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\

once you are in the directory type:

4x6.exe c:\program files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\trigger.jpg

see if that works...

[G Gabriel]

Re: xbasic code help

I am quite familiar with a lot of alpha's functions. This one is the goofiest function of all! one, unlike any other and for reasons unknown, uses a space as a parameter separator as opposed to a comma or a more meaningful separator.

None of what you have tried will work, simply because the moment alpha comes across the space, it uses anything before the space as one file name (which is not) and everything after the space as the second file name.
The way it is written, alpha will think you are referring to a file named:
C:\Program
and another file named:
Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\4x6.exe C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\Trigger.jpg
neither of which is true.

Actually and more accurately, alpha will think you are referring to a bunch of files each time it comes across another space:
C:\Program
Files\Hollywood
Photo
Magic\Drops\4x6.exe
and so on..

So, how do you get around that?
1-you cannot use any file name that has a space in it
2-Submit a bug report

What do you do in the meantime?
Copy those files to another that has no spaces, for example:
copy: C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\4x6.exe
to: c:\4x6.exe

and copy:
C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\Trigger.jpg
to: C:\Trigger.jpg

then use:
sys_shell("c:\4x6.exe C:\Trigger.jpg",1)

or (I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try):
dim x as c="C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\4x6.exe"
dim y as c="C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\Trigger.jpg"
sys_shell(x y,1)

If it does not work, try to dim x & y as p instead of c

[Digitaled]

Re: xbasic code help

Gabriel that is very interesting.

So Alpha is the one that will not let this work.

I can make it work if i only use folder names with no space in the words.

The problem is (How can i get around this)

At install when i sell this program to someone to use how can i make the 4x6.exe and Trigger.jpg go to a file like C:\ HPMDrops ?

It this point i do not know much about making a install set up.

Can i set up the program to not install in the Program Files Folder?
And have it install in it's own folder on the C drive.

Like
C:\HollywoodPM\

Then the Drops would be in
C:\HollywoodPM\Drops
so then this will work

sys_shell("C:\HollywoodPM\Drops\4x6.exe C:\HollywoodPM\Drops\Trigger.jpg",1)

Can i set up the install to do this if so this will fix the problem well one of them i sill need the toolbar to stay on top of all other programs running.

[Doug Page]

Re: xbasic code help

From the interactive window:

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dim prog as c
dim doc as c
dim progdoc as c

prog="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\Acrord32.exe"
doc="C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\Doug\Bulletin.pdf"
progdoc=prog+" "+doc
?progdoc
= "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\Acrord32.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\Doug\Bulletin.pdf"

sys_shell(progdoc)
sys_shell("C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\Acrord32.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\Doug\Bulletin.pdf")
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Both of the two bottom sys_shell's worked!

So Ed, I would try a test on your machine using a known, Acrobat Reader 7.0, which you probably have on your machine. If you don't, you can download it from Adobe. Of course adjust the paths to whatever you might have on your machine. The path to the program will probably be the same but you will have to point the second to a pdf you have. I don't know what 4x6.exe is but I think that it may not be dealing with paths that have a space.

HTH
Doug

[G Gabriel]

Re: xbasic code help

Ed:
Have you tried this:

or (I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try):
dim x as c="C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\4x6.exe"
dim y as c="C:\Program Files\Hollywood Photo Magic\Drops\Trigger.jpg"
sys_shell(x y,1)

Doug tried it and it worked. Give it a try.