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(crazyinsomniac) Re: win32 browser launching weirdness

by crazyinsomniac (Prior)
on Jan 04, 2001 at 10:43 UTC ( [id://49707]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to win32 browser launching weirdness

I don't recall dos liking long names or spaces in them, so here goes, tried and true:
my $file = 'd:/My Documents/xxxl.html'; $file = Win32::GetShortPathName("$file"); system("start $file"); # the above opens $file in the default browser or currently open brows +er # the below opens $file in a new copy of iexplore my $file = 'd:/My Documents/xxxl.html'; my $browser = 'c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe'; $browser = Win32::GetShortPathName("$browser"); system("$browser $file"); # or system("start $browser $file");
UPDATE:
i also tried lolindraths method, and it'll work assuming you have a short pathname(8.3 format or something). Start works equally as well:) my $Result = `start d:\\MyDocu~1\\xxxl.html`;

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