Re: PowerCobol


"ProdCil" <nospam_prodcil@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks Frederico,
>
> I can make thi:
> INVOKE pow-self "Execute" USING "notepad.exe text.txt"
>
> I want to do the same, but calling "text.chm" for help files and
> "text.pdf", for example.
>
> If i do:
> INVOKE pow-self "Execute" USING "AcroRd32.exe text.pdf"
>
> don't work.

I don't know why COBOL would treat notepad.exe differently from
AcroRd32.exe. Did you verify that:

(1) the "AcroRd32.exe" file actually exists
(2) "AcroRd32.exe" is in the search path

?

- Oliver


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