WshShell.Run: Spaces in variable

[Florian Dietz]

What I am trying to do is to start a programme, the name of which the
'.vbs'-script gets by a command line parameter:

call of the script, e.g.:
script.vbs "C:\Programme\Microsoft Reference\Bookshelf 96\bshelf96.exe"

Thereafter I get the name and path of the executable by:
Set objArgs = Wscript.Arguments
programmeName = objArgs(0)

Finally I try to run the executable by:
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run(programmeName)

WSH won't find the programme named programmeName because of the spaces
in the path. Even a call with more double-quotes as
script.vbs """C:\Programme\Microsoft Reference\Bookshelf
96\bshelf96.exe"""
won't work.

The line
WshShell.Run(""" & programmeName & """)
didn't help either.

So, how can I call an executable by variable with spaces in the name?

Florian Dietz

[lpge...@my-dejanews.com]

I got around the embedded space problem by inserting dbl quotes before and
after the string. This following is a small vb example that seems to work ok.

Dim obj As Object
Dim FileName

Set obj = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
FileName = "C:\Program Files\Accessories\Msaint.exe"
FileName = Chr(34) & FileName & Chr(34)
obj.Run FileName

hope this helps?

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[Florian Dietz]

Florian Dietz wrote:
>
> ...

> The line
> WshShell.Run(""" & programmeName & """)
> didn't help either.
>
> So, how can I call an executable by variable with spaces in the name?
>
> Florian Dietz

I solved the problem by putting 4 (four!) double-quotes in the line:

WshShell.Run("""" & programmeName & """")

The first one is to mark the beginning of the string, the second and
third double-quotes stand for one double-quote contained in a string,
and finally, the fourth to close the string.

Florian