Re: start acrobat reader from clipper

Dear Andreas Moroder:

On Jan 14, 6:53=A0am, Andreas Moroder <Andreas.moroder@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to start acrobat reader with a filename as
> parameter from clipper. I use swpruncmd but this does
> not work.
>
> When I call a .bat with "cmd /c adobe.bat" then it works.
>
> Can anyone please tell me a way to call acrobat direct
> from clipper without the batch file ?
>
> I enclosed the path in " because the path to the
> acrord32.exe contains spaces.

How about:
run( "cmd /c adobe.bat" )

Clipper runs in 16-bit NTDVM, and Acrobat being bloatware, won't run
there.  Invoking cmd.exe (rather than command.com), might do the
trick.

David A. Smith