Citect Wordpad

[ALAN001]

Hi, I am trying to open a group of folders in citect SCADA and they are all .rtf files

This is so I can view the file names already used in the folder.

I have tried using the Exec function by opening wordpad first and then the folder but this didnt work

Exec("C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe C:\Documents and Settings\operative\Desktop\Batch Reports\Report*.rtf")

The following opens wordpad but you still have to locate the specific folder

Exec("C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe")

Is there any way that I could view the folder and all the files contained ?

 

[rdrast]

Exec just passes a command line, but doesn't set the directory. Wordpad won't open a command line document with a wildcard.

Knowing the document name (completely), you could just associate the .RTF extension with wordpad, and open the document.

 

[ALAN001]

The idea was to view all the file names in the folder not to open a specific file name.

Do you know of a way to view the files in a specific folder ?

 

[zankorel]

The idea was to view all the file names in the folder not to open a specific file name.

Do you know of a way to view the files in a specific folder ?

I dont see a cicode function to do what you want, but possibly a workaround would be to exec a batch file that does a 'dir ' and pipes it into a file. you could then open the text file and display it.
in your case the batch file would look like

dir "C:\Documents and Settings\operative\Desktop\Batch Reports\Report*.rtf" > C:\listing.txt

 

[tragically1969]

If you just want to open a folder use:

Exec("C:\Windows\explorer.exe C:\Documents and Settings\operative\Desktop\Batch Reports\",1)

 

[ALAN001]

Thanks, tragically

Thats all I required a simple button to view the files in the folder, didn't think of explorer.

Thanks again