WindX syntax - displaying picture via Internet Explorer?

salbritton

I'm using the following method to get the appropriate path for Internet Explorer on a WindX workstation, so I can open a .jpg file (I'm actually trying to do the same sort of thing for PDF files also):

1035 call %wdx$+"*win/registry","HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE","iexplore.exe","Path",app_path$

Then, I strip the resulting semi-colon to create the stmt I want to execute:

1040 app$=stp(app_path$,1,";")+"iexplore.exe"

Now, I want display the file 'Z: emp10.jpg', so:

1045 j1$="x=sys("+quo+app$+" Z: emp10.jpg"

So when I hit stmt 1045 on a WindX workstation, j1$ is set to:

x=sys("C:Program Files (x86)Internet Exploreriexplore.exe z: emp10.jpg")

1050 execute j1$

When I go to execute j1$, I get a Windows message 'Windows cannot find program 'C:Program'. Apparently, my syntax is wrong for building the stmt to execute.

Does anybody know the proper syntax for doing this? I've tried putting '%wdx$' after the '(' (ex: x=sys([wdx]"C:Program Files.....), but this doesn't work either.

Any help is appreciated!!

sjacquin

Why not use the system help command (like uf8ptr does). You can do: execute "[wdx]system_help "+quo+yourfilename$+quo or: execute %wdx$+"system_help "+quo+yourfilename$+quo if it is a windows server. The system help command will figure out what program is set to display the file type and automatically use it.

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