[Gambas-user] start gimp via EXEC

[Pablo Vera]

Remove the quotes from the EXEC command like this:

    EXEC [ComboBox1.Text] FOR READ WRITE AS myProcess

You were trying to run a program called: ComboBox1.Text, instead of the program specified by the combobox.


Saludos,
Pablo Vera



Jochen Georges wrote:

>Hello gambanauts,
>
>I want to start gimp via EXEC, the following code does not work, but it does 
>not throw an error messeges.
>
>Any hints ?
>Thanks in advance.
>Beste Gruesse
>Jochen
>
>PRIVATE myProcess AS Process
>
>PUBLIC SUB _new()
>  ME.Title = "Working with EXEC"
>  ComboBox1.add("/usr/bin/X11/xcalc")
>  ComboBox1.add("gimp")
>END
>
>PUBLIC SUB btnFire_Click()
>  IF Trim(ComboBox1.Text) <> "" THEN
>    'Trim strips the whitespaces from a string
>    TextArea1.Text = ""
>    TextArea2.Text = ""
>    EXEC ["ComboBox1.Text"] FOR READ WRITE AS myProcess
>  ELSE
>    TextArea1.Text = "please choose or enter a program to execute"
>  ENDIF
>END
>
>PUBLIC SUB btnClose_Click()
>  ME.Close()
>END
>
>PUBLIC SUB Process_Write(sData AS String)
>' if something is coming back
>' the event 'Process.Write' of the class process calls this function
>  TextArea2.Text = " Process '" & myProcess.command & "' " & sData
>END
>
>PUBLIC SUB Process_Error(sData AS String)
>' if an error occurred
>' the event 'Process.Error' of the class process calls this function
>  TextArea1.Text = " Process '" & myProcess.command & "' " & sData
>END
>
>PUBLIC SUB Process_Kill()
>' if the process is killed
>' the event 'Process.Kill' of the class process calls this function
>  myProcess = NULL
>END
>
>
>
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