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using the command 'start' with system()

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pit

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Nov 30, 2009, 1:38:50 PM11/30/09
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Hi Folks,

in my perl/tk-programm I want to open a word-document with the dos-
command 'start' in this way :
system ("start filename.doc"). It takes a very long time till MS-Word
comes up and then it doesn't show the document. with jpg, pdf and so
one it works fine.

Tia
Pit

smallpond

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Dec 1, 2009, 4:30:09 PM12/1/09
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You sure you are starting in the right place? How about:

start word /D<path-to-doc> filename.doc

Where "word" is the title argument to start.

pit

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Dec 2, 2009, 3:49:29 AM12/2/09
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this also doesn't work

Pit

Roland Mueller

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Dec 27, 2009, 11:05:29 AM12/27/09
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as far as I rememer name of MS Word (TM) is "msword" instead of
"word".
-Roland

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