How can start log viewer in windows xp

saritha · 14th October 2004, 06:02

Hi Iam writing an installer script which has gui menu It has menu-options like connect, disconnect, and view log and this gui stats in systray.

For view log menu item iam defining
! Define GUI_LOG_VIEWER "$WINDIR\norepad.exe"
! Define GUI_EDITOR "$WINDIR\norepad.exe"

For windows 2000 these are working well and fine but ……in windows xp ...if I click view log it’s giving error………like this "Error start-log-viewer C:\winnt\notepad.exe"

Can u tell me How can start log viewer in windows xp?

Afrow UK · 14th October 2004, 14:50

Use

code:
ExecShell "open" "File.log"

On older Windows versions, Notepad is in $WINDIR, but on the latter versions (XP) I seem to remember Notepad is in $SYSDIR

-Stu

flizebogen · 15th October 2004, 06:03

In my Opion using ShellExec is not this good because .log doenst have to be associated with Notepad.

Nevertheless i think you can call Notepad without knowing it's Location because it's Location is a Directory with is in the "Path" Environemnt.

14th October 2004, 06:02	#1
saritha Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6	How can start log viewer in windows xp Hi Iam writing an installer script which has gui menu It has menu-options like connect, disconnect, and view log and this gui stats in systray. For view log menu item iam defining ! Define GUI_LOG_VIEWER "$WINDIR\norepad.exe" ! Define GUI_EDITOR "$WINDIR\norepad.exe" For windows 2000 these are working well and fine but ……in windows xp ...if I click view log it’s giving error………like this "Error start-log-viewer C:\winnt\notepad.exe" Can u tell me How can start log viewer in windows xp?

14th October 2004, 14:50	#2
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Use code: ExecShell "open" "File.log" On older Windows versions, Notepad is in $WINDIR, but on the latter versions (XP) I seem to remember Notepad is in $SYSDIR -Stu

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15th October 2004, 06:03	#3
flizebogen Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Berlin Posts: 172	In my Opion using ShellExec is not this good because .log doenst have to be associated with Notepad. Nevertheless i think you can call Notepad without knowing it's Location because it's Location is a Directory with is in the "Path" Environemnt.