<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Todays Stupid Question....command line]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I am trying to start notepad++ from within my database app with the following syntax</p>
<p dir="auto">sys_shell_wait(“notepad++.exe  -openSession &lt;c:\my databases\aviation\txt\CurrentLog.txt&gt;”,.T.)</p>
<p dir="auto">Notepad++ opens but says "cant find the “CurrentLog.Txt” file. It is where I say it is!!<br />
Am I missing something here?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17185/todays-stupid-question-command-line</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:37:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17185.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:17:47 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Todays Stupid Question....command line on Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:39:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yes, that did it, many thanks</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/40312</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/40312</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Wickens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:39:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Todays Stupid Question....command line on Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:38:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/graham-wickens" aria-label="Profile: Graham-Wickens">@<bdi>Graham-Wickens</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">-openSession is only used for opening [sessionname].xml files that were saved with <code>file &gt; save session</code></p>
<p dir="auto">a saved session file is not a document itself, but a list of tabs/files that were opened, when you saved this “session” to a file.</p>
<p dir="auto">the correct way to open notepad++ and one specific file is:<br />
<code>"path_to_your\notepad++.exe" "c:\my databases\aviation\txt\CurrentLog.txt"</code></p>
<p dir="auto">i don’t know your database app syntax for opening a program plus one argument value, but looking at your template it could be something like:<br />
<code>sys_shell_wait("path_to_your\notepad++.exe", "c:\my databases\aviation\txt\CurrentLog.txt",.T.)</code><br />
although i don’t know what the <code>,.T.</code> would stand for.</p>
<p dir="auto">or if only one command without additional argv’s is allowed, you might need to “escape” double quotes in double quotes with a \:<br />
<code>sys_shell_wait("\"path_to_your\notepad++.exe\" \"c:\my databases\aviation\txt\CurrentLog.txt\"",.T.)</code></p>
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