lauch notepad from autocad

[Anonymous]

Any ideas how I can get a toolbar button to launch notepad and open a
specific file? I currently have a button with the following macro:

notepad log.txt (with one space at the end)

This almost works - after issuing the notepad command, in the command window
it says:

File to edit: "log.txt"

If I push Enter it works. How can I get it work without pushing Enter, or
is it not possible? I've tried adding additional spaces at the end of the
line, but they do not register as enters.

Thanks,

Aaron Barnhart, EIT
Marshall Engineering and Surveying, Inc.
www.marshalleng.com

[Anonymous]

(startapp "notepad" (strcat "\"" your_file "\""))

where your_file is a string of the file path.
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Regards,
Eric S.
eschneider@jensenprecast.com

[Anonymous]

try a semi-colon instead of a space


"Aaron Barnhart" wrote in message
news:7A6B2AA9057BD9E0652981F22D90C432@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Any ideas how I can get a toolbar button to launch notepad and open a
> specific file? I currently have a button with the following macro:
>
> notepad log.txt (with one space at the end)
>
> This almost works - after issuing the notepad command, in the command
window
> it says:
>
> File to edit: "log.txt"
>
> If I push Enter it works. How can I get it work without pushing Enter, or
> is it not possible? I've tried adding additional spaces at the end of the
> line, but they do not register as enters.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron Barnhart, EIT
> Marshall Engineering and Surveying, Inc.
> www.marshalleng.com
>
>
>

[Anonymous]

"Rob Tomson" wrote in message
news:F9679F3E0BA369E9442EC4DEE928113F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> try a semi-colon instead of a space

That's exactly what I needed.

Thanks,
--
Aaron Barnhart, EIT
Marshall Engineering and Surveying, Inc.
www.marshalleng.com