SHELL (more likely Start > Run...)

[Daniel Sitnik]

Hi guys!

I have a question for you.
I have a little application with a textbox on it... I type "commands" in the textbox and when I press RETURN they get executed.

I'm using the SHELL() function, I know it is async but thats what I need.
I know that by using SHELL() I'm limited to ENVIRON$(PATH) or else I have to type the full command line of the application, no problem with this too!!

The only problem I have is that it won't work with URLs or email addresses.
I wanted it to work like the Windows shell utility that stays in the Start Menu > Run...

In the windows utility I can type "www.powerbasic.com" and it opens my browser and loads PB homepage.
Or I type "mailto:[email protected]" and it opens outlook.

Any clues on how I can make my textbox behave like this?

Thanks!!

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[Tom Hanlin]

SHELL "start http://www.powerbasic.com/"

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Don Dickinson]

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'  ShellDocument
'  opens a document with a registered extension
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sub ShellDocument alias "ShellDocument" (ByVal sFile as String) export

  ShellExecute 0, ByVal %null, sFile + $nul, ByVal %null, ByVal %null, _
      %SW_NORMAL

end sub

best regards,
don

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Don Dickinson
Author of ddoc Print and Preview A dll-based print-preview engine for windows
www.greatwebdivide.com
Author of Tsunami Tcp Data Server
http://ttds.greatwebdivide.com

[Michael Mattias]

and if you want, you can even wait for the command to complete..

win 32: monitor process with shellexecuteex june 22, 2001

mcm

[Daniel Sitnik]

Thank you very much for your help guys!!
Tom's code didn't work but Don's is just great!

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[Tom Hanlin]

Works under Windows 2000. What OS are you using?

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Don Dickinson]

tom, i ran across that myself .. an o/s without start.exe
unfortunately i can't remember what the o/s was
--don

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Don Dickinson
Author of ddoc Print and Preview A dll-based print-preview engine for windows
www.greatwebdivide.com
Author of Tsunami Tcp Data Server
http://ttds.greatwebdivide.com

[Michael Mattias]

>an o/s without start.exe

Wouldn't a start.exe be pretty close to ..

FUNCTION PbMain() AS LONG

  ShellExecute "open" ... COMMAND$....

END FUNCTION

???

MCM