adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL

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adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 03:54 PM

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I wish to create a local URL that will launch from an HTML e-mail like Outlook or from a document in Word .. I am testing this on my local machine in Word .. I want to add a /parameter to the end of the command line so I can trap it with the PARAMETERS statement.

PARAMETERS xTEXT line in my code .. unfortunately I can not find the correct syntax to to this ..

This works on my local drive to start the program ...

File:\c:\fox\doi\leavtrav\leavew32.exe <-- this works

How can I add a /parameter to the end of the above File:\URL and have it be a part of the command line

File:\c:\fox\doi\leavtrav\leavew32.exe /projectid=12345

The above line only launches the program and does not pass the /project=12345 ..

What am I missing ??? quotations ??

Thanks
Rick Lipkin

cnavarro

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 06:37 PM

Rick, try with

File:\\c:\fox\doi\leavtrav\leavew32.exe?projectid=12345

Cristobal Navarro

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Rick Lipkin

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 07:10 PM

Cristobol

Unfortunately that did not work PARAMETERS returned nil .. I tried it this way too File:\c:\fox\doi\leavtrav\leavew32.exe%020/projectid=12345 ..

Rick

Rick Lipkin

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 01:15 PM

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If I create this link \\sales\saliteprod\Leavew32.exe "Rick Lipkin" and run it in Windows Run

my program returns

Here is the code at the top of my program

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PARAMETERS xText

xText returns the command line parameters ... So if you can run the above script ( unc ) in the Windows Run command you should be able click on the link and pass the parameter .. instead of the Windows Run..

I would appreciate any input!

Rick Lipkin

Antonio Linares

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 02:44 PM

Rick,

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function Main( ... )

   ? hb_AParams()

return nil

live demo:
https://fivetechsoft.github.io/snippets?20200424144640

regards, saludos

Antonio Linares
www.fivetechsoft.com

Rick Lipkin

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 05:32 PM

Antonio

Thanks for your quick reply ... I am not having problems with extracting the parameters when you cut and paste the entire link into the Windows Run dialog . I just can not get the parameters to resolve when the link is clicked. .. The executable starts and runs, but does not resolve the parameters .. has to be a syntax to make this work from a click rather than cut and paste.

\sales\saliteprod\Leavew32.exe "Rick Lipkin"

Thanks
Rick

Rick Lipkin

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Re: adding parameters to a command line to launch a local URL
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 02:47 PM

Antonio

I am trying get your suggestion to work by using the function hb_Aparams() .. and as you know it creates an array ... and I have not been successful is evaluating the array

Leavew32 "Rick Lipkin"

Using the above example from the command line ...

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Local aParams,nParamNo

aParams := {}
aParams :=  hb_AParams()

FOR nParamNo := 1 TO LEN( aParams )
   ? nParamNo, aParams[ nParamNo ]
NEXT

The above code returns the number 1 .. and not the value of the array element .. I am looking to the result of "Rick Lipkin" .. which was the value of the command line .. appreciate your Help.

Thanks
Rick Lipkin

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