Shellexecute path problem even with double quote

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john.tseven@gmail.com - 22 May 2007 22:11 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to use ShellExecute function to invoke the ax program.

The code below works perfect:
ShellExecute(0&, "open", "ax.exe", "C:\2runtemp2.run", "C:\axfolder",
5)

The code below does NOT work:
ShellExecute(0&, "open", "ax.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\jon
\Desktop\requiredfiles\2runtemp2.run", "C:\axfolder", 5)

Because of some design issues, the arguement "must" have spaces in its
full path. Even though I write the path in double quotations, I can
not prevent this error.

Any help on the error is much appreciated. Thanks,
jon

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Douglas J. Steele - 22 May 2007 22:17 GMT

Try:

ShellExecute(0&, "open", "ax.exe", """C:\Documents and
Settings\jon\Desktop\requiredfiles\2runtemp2.run""", "C:\axfolder", 5)

Another, more drastic, approach would be to use the code in
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0020.htm at "The Access Web" to return the
short file name equivalent so that there wouldn't be any spaces in it.

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> Hi,
>
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> Any help on the error is much appreciated. Thanks,
> jon

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