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Hi,

Was wondering if you can help me figure out if this is a limitation of the C$SYSTEM and C$RUN.

I want our application to open a web browers and continue on (have it run on it's own).

 

If I put in the path (e.g. "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" url) all is good when I call C$RUN or C$SYSTEM.

The problem occurs when we replace 'C:\\Program.....' with  'START CHROME url'.

When using C$RUN it comes back with a status -1 (error occurred).

Using the same command in DOS (e.g. start chrome http://google.ca), it works fine.

 

Thanks in advance!!

Dennis

Hi,

Was wondering if you can help me figure out if this is a limitation of the C$SYSTEM and C$RUN.

I want our application to open a web browers and continue on (have it run on it's own).

 

If I put in the path (e.g. "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" url) all is good when I call C$RUN or C$SYSTEM.

The problem occurs when we replace 'C:\\Program.....' with  'START CHROME url'.

When using C$RUN it comes back with a status -1 (error occurred).

Using the same command in DOS (e.g. start chrome http://google.ca), it works fine.

 

Thanks in advance!!

Dennis

START is one of those special built-in shell commands in Windows.  You would need something like this:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING 'START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

If you are in a thin client type of environment, you should add the @[DISPLAY] to the command line:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING '@[DISPLAY]:START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

Hi,

Was wondering if you can help me figure out if this is a limitation of the C$SYSTEM and C$RUN.

I want our application to open a web browers and continue on (have it run on it's own).

 

If I put in the path (e.g. "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" url) all is good when I call C$RUN or C$SYSTEM.

The problem occurs when we replace 'C:\\Program.....' with  'START CHROME url'.

When using C$RUN it comes back with a status -1 (error occurred).

Using the same command in DOS (e.g. start chrome http://google.ca), it works fine.

 

Thanks in advance!!

Dennis

START is one of those special built-in shell commands in Windows.  You would need something like this:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING 'START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

If you are in a thin client type of environment, you should add the @[DISPLAY] to the command line:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING '@[DISPLAY]:START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

Hi,

Was wondering if you can help me figure out if this is a limitation of the C$SYSTEM and C$RUN.

I want our application to open a web browers and continue on (have it run on it's own).

 

If I put in the path (e.g. "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" url) all is good when I call C$RUN or C$SYSTEM.

The problem occurs when we replace 'C:\\Program.....' with  'START CHROME url'.

When using C$RUN it comes back with a status -1 (error occurred).

Using the same command in DOS (e.g. start chrome http://google.ca), it works fine.

 

Thanks in advance!!

Dennis

START is one of those special built-in shell commands in Windows.  You would need something like this:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING 'START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

If you are in a thin client type of environment, you should add the @[DISPLAY] to the command line:

           CALL "C$SYSTEM"
             USING '@[DISPLAY]:START "" chrome "google.com"',
              CSYS-SHELL.

Hi,

Was wondering if you can help me figure out if this is a limitation of the C$SYSTEM and C$RUN.

I want our application to open a web browers and continue on (have it run on it's own).

 

If I put in the path (e.g. "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" url) all is good when I call C$RUN or C$SYSTEM.

The problem occurs when we replace 'C:\\Program.....' with  'START CHROME url'.

When using C$RUN it comes back with a status -1 (error occurred).

Using the same command in DOS (e.g. start chrome http://google.ca), it works fine.

 

Thanks in advance!!

Dennis

Perfect..Works like a charm
Thanks buggabill!!
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