How Do I Get An Application To Open Files?

[stuartmcgarrity]

I'd like to test a custom windows application I have created by writing a macro to get it to load a succession of files and perform operations on them. I can't just open the file from windows because they are not associated with the application. For example, its like writing a macro to tell Excel to open a series of .txt files.

 

The only way I thought you could do this was to capture individual macros for opening each file, put those macro name in a text and read them in one at a time. I was using the "process text file" example, reading in each line, assiging it to a varible, then using the run macro in variable commnand.

 

I have 3 macros: open file 1, open file 2, open file 3, and I put them into a text file as:

open file 1

open file 2

open file 3

 

I've verified that the trsings ar egetting into the variable. But all I get is text coming out into my other application.

 

Any suggestion to do this? Perhaps I need to use a special syntax for the macro name in the text file? Or is there an easier was to do the required task?

 

Thanks,

 

Stuart

[randallc]

i'd have to see your exact macro to help.

Have you tried the "Launch program" command in a macro; you can specify the program and the file there...

Best, Randall

[stuartmcgarrity]

The application needs to be already running, so I don't think I can use the lanuch program command. Here is teh macro:

 

<ACTIVATE2:MDF File Import>

<REM2:Initialization>

<TVAR2:10:01:D:\Archive_Documents\Customers\Auto Data Analysis\MDF_Reader\>

<TVAR2:11:01:%T10%openfilemacros.txt>

<REM2:Process the file>

<DIS:<TFILE:D:\Archive_Documents\Customers\Auto Data Analysis\MDF_Reader\openfilemacros.txt>

<BTFBEG:001:000001:000000:%T11%>

<RUNMACVAR:1>

<BTFEND>

 

text file contains:

open file 1

open file 2

open file 3

 

Thanks,

 

 

Stuart

[stuartmcgarrity]

I figured it out. Thanks.

[Cory]

Don't forget you can use the Launch Program to load files too. As long as the association is there it usually works fine.