run program passing parametr

[hoangvo81]

Hi,

I think I losing it, cause i was sure i could pass parameter via runprogram to an exe, the exe is a macro scheduler created exe

exe code:

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MDL>Selected

Main code:

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let>RP_ADMIN=1
   RunProgram>%script_Dir%\displaySelected.exe /selected=123

macro scheduler is complaining that the file does not have a program associated.
if i take out the parameter : /selected=123
mdl display "Selected" as the text so i know the exe works, but i am not sure why i m getting complain about file association when its an exe file.

[hoangvo81]

opening up command prompt manually and typing in the DisplaySelected.exe /selected=123
works fine and display 123

also tried making it into an exe and running it and still the same complain.

[hoangvo81]

yet when i pull the exe back to my desktop and ran it, it's fine.
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[hoangvo81]

ignore this - i found the problem.

need to enclose the application path in quotes.

runprogram>"%script_Dir%\displayselected.exe" /selected=123


script_dir the folder has spaces so that was causing problem.

but i m not sure why it would run when i remove teh /selected=123 parameter since the spaces is still there.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Because without quotes windows will treat the whole string as the path. So without the Parms you can get away without quotes. With the Parms quotes are needed so that windows knows which bit is which.


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[hoangvo81]

Thanks for the explanation.