If you have a space within the first six characters, you have to remove it first, so your example would go: Run("C:\\twotim~1\\Delete~1.exe") Also, if your file is the second one alphabetically in its folder, you would use ~2 and so on. I don't know what would happen if you had more than 9 files with similar prefixes though. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "jaws tech" <jawsmaster@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:44 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Run command with spaces > Wow, > That did it!! I never would have thought of that. > > It also turns out that none of the long file names I was using had spaces > within their first 6 characters. I tried > using the long filenames on a scenario that had spaces in the first part > of > the filename and could not get it to > work. Just for giggles, how would the following path be handled?? > > *Run("C:\\two time\\Delete_pdf.exe")* > > I tried using the following: > > *Run("C:\\two time\\Delete~1.exe")* > > and it did not work. Sorry if I'm making more work for you but I really > want to understand this for future > > scripting jobs. > > Thanks very much. > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Martin Slack > <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> The Run command doesn't understand long file names. The microsoft way to >> shorten them is shown below (assuming each folder / file is the first one >> in >> alphabetic order): >> >> >> Run("C:\\Docume~1\\Jones\\Applic~1\\Freedo~1\\JAWS\\9.0\\Settings\\enu\\Delete~1.exe") >> >> hth >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "jaws tech" <jawsmaster@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:10 PM >> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Run command with spaces >> >> >> > Wow. I am really confused by some of the syntax being given here, such >> > as: >> > Run("\"" + "command here" + "\"") >> > I understand the use of double quotes within the outer quotes but this >> > doesn't seem consistent with other >> > languages that I've used. >> > >> > Anyway, I have tried several permutations based on the answers already >> > given >> > and none seem to work. >> > My command is given below. If someone could please help me understand >> > by >> > putting this into the proper >> > format it would be greatly appreciated. It will probably sink in once >> > I >> > see >> > it done in full. >> > >> > * >> > >> > Run("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jones\\Application Data\\Freedom >> > Scientific\\JAWS\\9.0\\Settings\\enu\\Delete_pdf.exe") >> > * >> > Thanks. >> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> The string needs to be enclosed in backslash-escaped quotes >> >> (\"<pathString>\"). >> >> >> >> Original message >> >> from: "jaws tech" <jawsmaster@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> subject: [jawsscripts] Run command with spaces >> >> date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:16:19 -0500 >> >> >> >> >Is it possible to use the run command on an executable that is in a >> path >> >> >that contains spaces?? So >> >> >far it is not working for me unless I am missing something. >> >> >Thanks. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >__________ >> >> >Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >> >> http://jawsscripts.com >> >> > >> >> >View the list's information and change your settings at >> >> >//www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> >> >> __________ >> >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >> http://jawsscripts.com >> >> >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > __________ >> > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >> http://jawsscripts.com >> > >> > View the list's information and change your settings at >> > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> > >> > >> >> >> __________ >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> > > > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts