IWB editor open file

[Andy]

Hi,

I was wandering is there a way to make the IDE open a file then same way we can open say notepad?

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SYSTEM "C:\\IWBDev3\\Bin\\IWBDev.exe" , "c:\\Test\\SubTest\\1.iwb"

This just opens another copy of the IDE, but doesn't open the file 1.iwb

Thanks,
Andy.
 

[Egil]

Andy,

If IWB is installed on your PC (not on an USB-stick), this works when the file you want to edit is in the same directory:

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SYSTEM getstartpath + "test.iwb"
Maybe some experimentation with inserting the path instead of using getstartpath will lead you to a solution?


Good Luck!

Egil

[Andy]

Thanks Egil,

Will try tomorrow, email me and we can have a carch up.

Andy

[Egil]

This is almost identical to your example in the first post, and it works:

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string a$ = "D:\\MyIWB\\tmp\\test.iwb"

SYSTEM a$

I'll contact yoy by mail later today..



Egil

[Andy]

Egil,

Sorry, thanks just seen your post.

I tried:

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SYSTEM "explorer.exe" , "C:\\test\\subtest\\test.iwb"

And it works on my Win7 32 bit machine.

Also it works even if your IDE is not open.

Andy.