wellandg Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Hi I'm using FSUIPC 3 and would like to know if it is possible to use WINDOWS XP variables in the PROGRAM section i.e: run1=%homepath%\ACARS\ACARS.exe I want to start a VA ACARS program automatically but there are two users who would use it and have seperate .ini files etc so instead of having to start them manually I would like to use this option. I HAVE tried it, but I get an error message but am not sure I am using the correct syntax. Grateful of any help please G-AZZA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I'm using FSUIPC 3 and would like to know if it is possible to use WINDOWS XP variables in the PROGRAM section i.e: run1=%homepath%\ACARS\ACARS.exe I don't know, I've never tried. It just passes the whole string onto a Windows API to create the process, so if that API procedure accepts these codes then it would work, otherwise it wouldn't. I HAVE tried it, but I get an error message but am not sure I am using the correct syntax. The facilities for %...% are new to me -- I've seen them in other places, but I know nothing about them anyway. What does %homepath% do, exactly? And where did you get it from? Is there a list of these someplace? I suspect that they are macros only recognised by the Windows Shell. Possibly if I executed the programs via Shell calls it would work -- but I cannot do that and also automatically get the process handle, which I need for the other options I support. Also I cannot assume the facilities will be available on all systems supporting FS98 to FS2004. Have you looked at FSAutoStart or other similar programs? I think they can load stuff as well as closing processes you don't need. Whether they use Shell calls or not I don't know. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellandg Posted April 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I don't know, I've never tried. It just passes the whole string onto a Windows API to create the process, so if that API procedure accepts these codes then it would work, otherwise it wouldn't. I HAVE tried it, but I get an error message but am not sure I am using the correct syntax. The facilities for %...% are new to me -- I've seen them in other places, but I know nothing about them anyway. What does %homepath% do, exactly? It 'passes' ?:/documents and setting/{username} And where did you get it from? Is there a list of these someplace? http://kennethhunt.com/archives/000933.html RegardsPete G-AZZA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 And where did you get it from? Is there a list of these someplace? http://kennethhunt.com/archives/000933.html Thanks! Useful! ;-) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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