Having Windows Application automatically open a file when uploaded from UV to end-user PC.

The process is simple - create a report on the UV side, upload and open the file in Windows after the upload is complete.  I've gotten as far as windows detects a new file, but how can I trigger an app to start and open the new file? 

You don't mention your environment ... which makes a big difference.

If you are using AccuTerm, then it is simple to generate an AccuTerm script in UV. AccuTerm will run the script on the client to open the file. See program 'AT.OPEN.DOCUMENT' in the SAMPLES folder (in the ACCUTERM account).

I believe Wintegrate also has similar functionality.

If you don't use AccuTerm (or similar), then you need some functionality to communicate with a remote system. If your UV server is Windows, then you could use the functionality outlined here: https://superuser.com/questions/734642/how-to-run-a-program-on-a-remote-pc-via-command-line

If your UV server is Linux, then there may be a way, but I don't know what it is.

Cheers,

Brian

OKAY, the details RHEL 8.X, Win11 for the users. Old fashioned legacy program called "E-term".  Nothing really high tech or unique.  The emulator, E-term, captures about 1500 or so line of text and can dump them to a text file and open that file to Notepad,  It doesn't seem like a big deal.  I was hoping to just tap into that functionality, but that went nowhere.  

The search continues....

Opening the file means basically "Launching" the file at the Windows main processor.

Accuterm can do this, and you can use that funtionality to open any file, in its native application (Excel, web browser, notepad, anything at all) provided you have associated that file TYPE to that application.  So if you create a file with a name ending in .html and you have associated that to some specific web browser, then merely launching it (which can be done by an accuterm command embedded in your universe BASIC program) will open it in Windows, in that web browser.

Or excel, or turbo tax or whatever app is associated with whatever file TYPE and your file ends in that type specification

Opening the file means basically "Launching" the file at the Windows main processor.

Accuterm can do this, and you can use that funtionality to open any file, in its native application (Excel, web browser, notepad, anything at all) provided you have associated that file TYPE to that application.  So if you create a file with a name ending in .html and you have associated that to some specific web browser, then merely launching it (which can be done by an accuterm command embedded in your universe BASIC program) will open it in Windows, in that web browser.

Or excel, or turbo tax or whatever app is associated with whatever file TYPE and your file ends in that type specification

To expand on this a bit. You just need to send the correct escape sequence.

This will run the command and return to AccuTerm:

PRINT CHAR(27):CHAR(2):'<"Z:\\My Documents\\excelname.xls"':CHAR(13):

This will run it and wait for it to finish before resuming the terminal functions:

PRINT CHAR(27):CHAR(2):'>"Z:\\My Documents\\excelname.xls"':CHAR(13):

It's in the AccuTerm manual section 3.1 External Program Execution. It shows ESC and STX instead of CHAR(27) and CHAR(2) but the above is what is actually sent.

The company only uses E-term. I have no access (or permission) for any other emulator.

Can you send a link to the website for E-term? The only thing I can find with that name is an x-window terminal emulator which would mean you're running it on a Linux machine.

That's correct. However, we (Epicor) have a customized version.  Self installing with a couple of options not included in the one on SourceFroge. But as I said, I got as far as uploading a file to a C: drive directory. A script that runs and detects the new file creation.  

That's correct. However, we (Epicor) have a customized version.  Self installing with a couple of options not included in the one on SourceFroge. But as I said, I got as far as uploading a file to a C: drive directory. A script that runs and detects the new file creation.