windows explorer

[Da_Elf]

is there any way to get livecode to launch windows explorer at a specific address?

[Klaus]

Hi Da_Elf,

maybe with the "launch" command:
...
launch "url.here.com" with "path/to/shi**y/explorer.exe"
##
...
But maybe this command will only work with local files?
Otherwise you can maybe use a SHELL command?

Sorry, I'm not a Windows guy...


Best

Klaus

P.S.
If EXPLORER has been set to the "default browser" then it will start automatically when simply using:
...
launch "url.here.com"
...

[SparkOut]

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20058

[Klaus]

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20058

And?

[SparkOut]

Has information and links to launching Windows Explorer (and other cross-platform versions) at a specific location. Which I would have said before if I hadn't been on the phone and using pop-pop keyboard which is pants. What did you think it was going to have in that thread?

[Klaus]

Yes, but I am quite sure, Da_Elf actually means the "Internet Explorer"!

[SparkOut]

Oh, well that's not at all clear from his post!

[Klaus]

Well, the term "at a specific address" lets me think so.

[Da_Elf]

i ended up creating a batch file to do it and launch the bat file

[Klaus]

OK, but please ease our minds and tell us what "explorer" you exactly meant: Windows or Internet?

[FourthWorld]

"launch url <url>" will launch a URL location in the default browser. If the user hasn't upgraded to Firefox or Chrome, on Windows the default browser will be Internet Explorer.

"launch document "<path>" will launch a document in the default application assigned to that document type. Then the document path is a folder, the default application is the file manager (on Windows that would be Windows Explorer), and it will open a window showing the contents of the specified directory.

[Da_Elf]

oh.. my bad. i was trying to open windows explorer to a specific folder. it was stated in the first post

i used this
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "C:\folderpath"

[Klaus]

Hm, with "address" we usually associate an internet URL!

But in your case you can simply:
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launch document ""C:/folderpath"
...


Best

Klaus