Newbie (File.Run)

[Blue]

X:\CDIMAGE.EXE –lLABEL –t31/01/2004,12:00:00 –h –n –m –o –x X:\FOLDER C:\CD.ISO
(where X is the drive the CD is in)

I'm experimenting with the Trial version of AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0.

I'm trying to produce a button to run the above, but I can't get it to work. This is what I've got:

File.Run("CDIMAGE.EXE", "–lOFFICE11 –t06/20/2003,12:00:00 –h –n –m –o –x %SrcDrv%\OFFICE C:\OFFICE2003.ISO", "", SW_MAXIMIZE, true);

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[Corey]

Hi. Glad to have you in the forum:

1) You are using %SrcDrv% which is deprecated in AMS 5.0, for reference on 5.0's Global Variables check out this: Click Here

2) You need to escape slashes inside quotes in 5.0, i.e. "Autoplay\Docs\" becomes "AutoPlay\\Docs\\" for more on this check out the escape sequences in the String section here: Click Here

3) Here's a good link on File.Run() including examples: Click Here

Hope that helps.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Blue]

Thanks for the help, but I still can't get it to work.

I've changed it to:

File.Run("CDIMAGE.EXE", "-d -h -n -m {_SourceDrive}\\FOLDER C:\\CD.ISO", "", SW_MAXIMIZE, false);

(At this rate it would be quicker to write something in vb!)

This is what I'm trying to run:
X:\CDIMAGE.EXE -d -h -n -m X:\FOLDER C:\CD.ISO
(where X is the drive the CD is in)

Am I using the _SourceDrive variable correctly.

[Corey]

Hi. You can't embed variables in a string, they need to be concatenated, i.e.:

"-d -h -n -m {_SourceDrive}\\FOLDER C:\\CD.ISO"

Becomes:

"-d -h -n -m ".._SourceDrive.."\\FOLDER C:\\CD.ISO"

Hope that helps...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Blue]

Thanks.

Sorry to be a pain, but I still can't get this to work.

Now trying:

File.Run("CDIMAGE.EXE", "-d -h -n -m ".._SourceDrive.."\\FOLDER C:\\CD.ISO", "", SW_MAXIMIZE, false);

[Blue]

Thanks for the help. I seem to have got it working now. Not sure what I changed though.

Up until now I've been using Publish to test the menu by creating an ISO and mounting it on a virtual drive.

However, I have just tried Preview and I noticed that it's not clever enough to cope with the _SourceDrive as if it were being used on a CD. (Instead of referring back to the CD_Root folder it refers back to C:\.)

[Brett]

Use _SourceFolder instead of _SourceDrive if that is what you are trying to accomplish.