Opening External Files from MaxGUI
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| Hi again, Is there a way to open an external file for viewing in MaxGUI? I've used 'Execfile' in BlitzPlus but can't find its equivalent in Max! Any help would be appreciated |
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| Look for Openfile(), readfile(), writefile() or have I misunderstood? |
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| I was unsure if these were the commands i needed. What I need to do is click on a button in my window and it will open an external pdf using acrobat reader. I have done this in the past with BlitzPlus but am at a loss as to what to use in MaxGUI. Thanks |
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| executing would be system_ or createprocess |
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| you need to use system_ "executable.exe" Also if the executable has spaces you will need to use chr() to tell it to place quotes before and after the executable. |
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| [code] system_ "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 7.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe 6432.pdf" While True WaitSystem() Wend [code] works on winxp in case they have a different version installed it might be safer to scan "C:/Program Files/Adobe" for AcroRd32.exe and use whatever path you find |
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| Thanks, will give it a go. |
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| Great, that worked a treat. If the file location was the same except for the drive letter is there a way to specify the address without naming the drive. Hope that makes sense. Thanks again |
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