opening a pdf file

Plum Hollow Software plum_hollow at cogeco.ca
Tue Aug 28 17:13:04 EDT 2018


> pcFilePath is the path to file to open - path to the file is not the application but let say a .pdf?

Does launch program just look at the .extension to determine what app to open?

> On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:13 AM, Alex Clay via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Randy,
> 
> On macOS, we use this command to open files using the default application:
> 
> 	Launch program ,[pcFilePath] (Do not quit Omnis)
> 
> pcFilePath is the path to file to open.
> 
> This works just fine in 8.1.x.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
>> On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:07, Plum Hollow Software <plum_hollow at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi List,
>> 
>> In Omnis Studio 5.1I could open a pdf from a list using the follow code:
>> 
>> 	Set event recipient {FINDER}
>> 	Send core event Open Documents (pRow.iPDF_Path)
>> 	Send core event Open Documents (pRow.c2)
>> 
>> But in Studio 8.1 I get this:
>> 
>> 	Set event recipient OBSOLETE COMMAND {FINDER}
>> 	Send core event OBSOLETE COMMAND Open Documents (pRow.iPDF_Path)
>> 	Send core event OBSOLETE COMMAND Open Documents (pRow.c2)
>> 
>> What would be the equivalent to replace this.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Randy
>> 
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