Why does this work from the command line: (startapp "c:\\program files\\microsoft office\\office\\winword.exe")
but if assigned to a button on a toolbar, the slashes have to be reversed to make it function: (startapp "c://program files//microsoft office//office//winword.exe") otherwise, the command line hangs at (startapp "c:
From a macro, AutoCAD reads the first \ as a pause for input, because it is a control character... See Help file, Customization, control character.
Thanks. I'm quite familiar with that control character but I was just curious why the entry on the command line and the same entry for a button would behave differently.
"Chip Harper" wrote in message news:La6dndxTmql snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com... From a macro, AutoCAD reads the first \ as a pause for input, because it is a control character... See Help file, Customization, control character.
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