Open folder?

[Bertil Flink]

Once the folder is copied OK, you can open it (Windows) with:

open "path to folder" with "explorer.exe"


--
Bertil Flink
Creative Media




"Nomenclature" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> I have a button, that when hit copies a folder from CD to the selected

destination on the users hard drive, using FileXtra4... What I can't seem to
do, is automatically open the folder that was copied to the HD after writing
has completed... is there a way to do this with FileXtra that I haven't been
able to find, or via straight lingo?

>
>

[Bertil Flink]

Continued from my last post:

Here some more info from my code lib:

-------------------------------------------------------------
on openFolder theDir, theArgs
-- /n = new window
-- /e = explorer mode (split)

aSep = ""
if (theArgs.char[theArgs.length] <> ",") then aSep = ","

theString = "EXPLORER.EXE" && theArgs & aSep && theDir

baRunProgram(theString, "normal", false )
end

--Example Call:
--
--theDir = "C:\Documents and Settings\Bertil Flink\Desktop\BBC\"
--theArgs = "/n,/e,"
--openFolder theDir, theArgs

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

--Below, is an explanation of Explorer's command-line syntax originally
written by Greg Wolking [ZDNet]. Some examples contain spaces in order to
format properly on this page, so you may need to remove them if you copy and
paste.
--
--EXPLORER [/E, | /N,]pathspec[,/ROOT,rootspec] [,/SELECT,filespec]
--
--Note that _only_ commas, not spaces, separate all switches and arguments.
Therefore, it is not necessary to quote file or path names that include
"reserved" characters. Command line is not case-sensitive, and order of
arguments is not important.
--
--The pathspec and rootspec arguments must point to a folder. The filespec
argument can point to either a folder or a file.
--
--/E = Opens a new explorer view window.
--
--/N = Opens a new folder view window. Otherwise, if a folder view of the
specified folder is already open, simply activates that window. /E overrides
/N.
--
--pathspec = target path to open. Appears as the window caption in folder
view. In explorer view, tree in left hand pane is open to the specified
folder. This argument is ignored if the /SELECT,filespec option is used.
--
--/ROOT,rootspec = User cannot navigate any higher in the directory tree
than rootspec. When this option is used, pathspec or filespec must be
relative to rootspec.
--
--/SELECT,filespec = opens desired view with specified object (file or
folder) selected. If used, pathspec is ignored (it defaults to the parent
folder of filespec).
--
--Note that when /ROOT,rootspec is used, then both pathspec and filespec
must be relative to rootspec, regardless of the order in which the
parameters are specified. For example,:
--
--EXPLORER /E,SYSTEM,/ROOT, D:\WINDOWS,/SELECT,SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL
--
--EXPLORER /E,/SELECT,SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL,/ROOT, D:\WINDOWS
--
--both do exactly the same thing: Open an Explorer view with the tree
limited to D:\WINDOWS or below, the left pane opened to the
D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder, and the file SHELL32.DLL selected in the right
pane. Changing /E, to /N, would open a new folder view of D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
with SHELL32.DLL selected, and the user could navigate no higher in the tree
than D:\WINDOWS.
--
--However,
--
--EXPLORER /ROOT,D:\WINDOWS,/SELECT, D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL
--
--would fail because "D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL" is an explicit path,
not a relative path.




--
Bertil Flink
Creative Media




"Nomenclature" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:bjl8c8$97e$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> I have a button, that when hit copies a folder from CD to the selected

destination on the users hard drive, using FileXtra4... What I can't seem to
do, is automatically open the folder that was copied to the HD after writing
has completed... is there a way to do this with FileXtra that I haven't been
able to find, or via straight lingo?

>
>

[Nomenclature webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Also, would anyone know where I could find XAlwaysTOP?

[url]http://www.xtra-ucd.com/pages/page.php?product=xtra&language=en[/url], is dead, as is the link at [url]http://binbin.myrice.com/english/download.html[/url]

[vij010]

Hi,

There's no need to use an xtra to open that folder(destination)...All you need is the destination path available to the command: gotonetpage(destination)...this will open up that folder in a window..no xtras required...

Vj

[Bertil Flink]

That was neat! You learn something every day.

No 3:rd party Xtras needed, but don't forget to include Director's net
xtras.


BF





"vij010" <stamptube@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Hi,
>
> There's no need to use an xtra to open that folder(destination)...All you

need is the destination path available to the command:
gotonetpage(destination)...this will open up that folder in a window..no
xtras required...

>
> Vj