RE: Opening File with STRPCCMD -- MIDRANGE-L

Sorry, I missed a step in the previous message. I'm trying to use RunDll32 to call the program like this:

Correct me if I'm wrong here. Being that an environment variable is being used here, couldn't I concatenate a 800 character path into the command building it once and calling the program?

Like this?

The path being passed to the program:

W:\Southeast Region\Dallas\System Design and Mockup Review\Another really long folder name\Another really long folder name\Then there is an extra extremely long folder name after that one\Then a long file name.pdf

PGM PARM(&PATH)

DCL &CMD *CHAR LEN(40) VALUE('rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler')
DCL &PATH *CHAR LEN(800)

STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC= *TCAT &CMD *BCAT &PATH *TCAT '>' *BCAT 'C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO start %MYDOC%>> C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')

ENDPGM

Bob Ostrowski | Senior Programmer/Analyst
TRAINOR GLASS COMPANY | National - IT
11901 S. Austin Ave. | Alsip, IL 60803
T 708.293.4218 | F 708.293.6218 | C 708.560.5813
bob.ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | www.trainorglass.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 2:54 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Opening File with STRPCCMD

Looks like you're missing the redirection symbols, or '>' '>>'

take another look at the example I pointed you too

STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=c:\documents and settings>
C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=%MYDOC%\alexander.acctdom\my documents>>
C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=%MYDOC%\weekly\credit memos\acme inc>>
C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=%MYDOC%\memo84612.doc>>
C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO start %MYDOC%>> C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')

ECHO start %MYDOC%

simply echo's the contents of the %MYDOC% environment variable to the screen

C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT

redirects the echo to a file, in append mode. Note: '>' is replace.

HTH,
Charles

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Robert Ostrowski
<Bob.Ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I get the error message in a DOS box "The system cannot find the path
specified"
When trying to open a file with STRPCCMD. Using the example from the
archives,
My code looks like the following below. Did I remove something I
shouldn't have?

PGM
*/

DCL VAR(&CMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(300)

DCL VAR(&PATH1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
DCL VAR(&PATH2) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)

/*
*/
CHGVAR VAR(&CMD) VALUE('rundll32.exe +
url.dll,FileProtocolHandler ' *TCAT ' ')

CHGVAR VAR(&PATH1) VALUE('C:\AR_REGISTER.XLS')
CHGVAR VAR(&PATH2) VALUE(' ')

STRPCO PCTA(*NO)
MONMSG MSGID(IWS4010)

STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=' *TCAT &CMD +
*BCAT 'C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')

STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=%MYDOC%' *TCAT &PATH1 *BCAT +
'C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')

/* &PATH2 */
IF COND(&PATH2 *NE ' ') THEN(DO)
STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO SET MYDOC=%MYDOC%' *TCAT &PATH2 *BCAT +
'C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
ENDDO

STRPCCMD PCCMD('cmd /c ECHO start %MYDOC% C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')
STRPCCMD PCCMD('C:\DATA\MYFILE.BAT')

ENDPGM

Bob Ostrowski | Senior Programmer/Analyst
TRAINOR GLASS COMPANY | National - IT
11901 S. Austin Ave. | Alsip, IL 60803
T 708.293.4218 | F 708.293.6218 | C 708.560.5813
bob.ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bob.ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| www.trainorglass.com <http://www.trainorglass.com>

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