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    • Patrick Danilevici
      Patrick Danilevici last edited by

      I use NPP EXEC plugin to compile with arara my LaTeX file. All is ok. The final command I want to open the specific file that is created. How to open a file using npp exec command?

      I tried

      cmd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).pdf 
      

      but I get

      Process started (PID=11388) >>>
      Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.804]
      (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
      X:\full-path\>
      

      and is waiting for my input.

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @Patrick Danilevici last edited by Alan Kilborn

        @Patrick-Danilevici

        Maybe try start instead of cmd.
        Or perhaps cmd /c start.

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        • Alan Kilborn
          Alan Kilborn last edited by

          Actually I missed the part about NppExec which I’m not the most familiar with. Maybe it has better ways…

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          • PeterJones
            PeterJones @Alan Kilborn last edited by

            @Patrick-Danilevici ,

            even from the normal command line, if you typed cmd.exe blah.pdf, you would get the same result. (Try it, I did)

            The correct syntax to run a command (or a file) with cmd.exe is cmd /c filename. Thus, if you run

            cmd /c "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)\$(NAME_PART).pdf"
            

            it will launch your file association for PDF files with the special variables to define the file’s path. (Note: I also added the quotes, because $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) can contain spaces

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            • Patrick Danilevici
              Patrick Danilevici @PeterJones last edited by

              @PeterJones Teaching literature is not an advantage when you use pc that’s why sometimes I ask on communities simple questions. Is working now. Thanks a lot!

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