[Gambas-user] Exec using lowriter

[Bruce]

Quicky, try
Exec ["lowriter", "{path of document}"]
or whatever the correct syntax is,
b

On 20/4/20 5:30 pm, Ian Roper wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I can run [Â Â Â Â Â  lowriter '{path of document}'Â Â Â Â  ] from a 
> command line and it works perfectly.
> 
> The desired outcome is that it opens the file in Libre office as a 
> document.
> 
> If I run this command with an Exec ["lowriter '{path of document}'"] 
> from Gambas then it fails with the error message of "File Or Folder not 
> found"
> 
> This error message is consistent with typing in an incorrect path on the 
> command line.
> 
> I have meticulously checked the path used in Exec and it is correct.
> 
> - I've searched Libre/Open office errors but nothing I can find about 
> calling it from within a program.
> 
> Anybody have any ideas to check ?
> 
> 
> 
> [System]
> Gambas=3.14.3
> OperatingSystem=Linux
> Kernel=5.3.0-46-generic
> Architecture=x86_64
> Distribution=Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
> Desktop=CINNAMON
> Theme=Gtk
> Language=en_AU.UTF-8
> Memory=3808M
> 
> [Libraries]
> Cairo=libcairo.so.2.11510.0
> Curl=libcurl.so.4.5.0
> DBus=libdbus-1.so.3.19.4
> GStreamer=libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1405.0
> GTK+2=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.32
> GTK+3=libgtk-3.so.0.2200.30
> OpenGL=libGL.so.1.0.0
> Poppler=libpoppler.so.73.0.0
> QT4=libQtCore.so.4.8.7
> QT5=libQt5Core.so.5.9.5
> SDL=libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4
> SQLite=libsqlite3.so.0.8.6
> 
> [Environment]
> CINNAMON_VERSION=4.4.8
> DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
> DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.default.path
> DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon
> DISPLAY=:0
> GB_GUI=gb.qt4
> GDMSESSION=cinnamon
> GDM_LANG=en_AU
> GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/gambas3.desktop
> GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=13576
> GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
> GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
> GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
> GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
> GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
> GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=1
> HOME=<home>
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
> LOGNAME=<user>
> MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.mandatory.path
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games 
> 
> PWD=<home>
> QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
> QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/<hostname>:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1485,unix/<hostname>:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1485 
> 
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SHLVL=0
> SSH_AGENT_PID=1549
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
> TZ=:/etc/localtime
> USER=<user>
> XAUTHORITY=<home>/.Xauthority
> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/cinnamon:/usr/share/gnome:<home>/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share 
> 
> XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/<user>
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
> XDG_SEAT=seat0
> XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
> XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon
> XDG_SESSION_ID=c2
> XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
> XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
> XDG_VTNR=7
> 
> 
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