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 STRPCCMD with blank in path
AS/400 interoperability, CL, Client Access/400, Microsoft Excel, STRPCCMD
I am trying to start an Excel spreadsheet with a blank in the path. ex: STRPCCMD 'START K:My DocumentsGLMonthend.XLS' I've tried all sorts of QUOTE scenarios but have not hit on the right set. Thank you MIS

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ASKED: December 11, 2008  2:21 AM
UPDATED: December 11, 2008  6:56 PM
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I believe you will need quotes around the path portion as well as the whole command string; for example: STRPCCMD 'start '''k:my documentsmonthend.xls'''' (I think you need three apostrophes to make it work as a single ' in CL/RPG). Or, you could use the 8.3 abbreviation for the folder: STRPCCMD 'start k:mydocu~1monthend.xls'. (Using the 8.3 abbreviation for part of your path will not force you to use 8.3 naming for the whole thing, so there is no reason to abbreviate 'monthend.xls', even though it is longer than 8.3.) --HTH, Koohiisan.
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