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[warrenk]

I have a application that creates a folder. Once the folder is created, I want to automatically open the folder (same way as if you double click a folder in windows) for the user to view. What would be the easiest way to do this?

Thanks!
Warren

[Klaus]

Hi Warren,

sounds too funny, but:

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...
  launch document "your/path/to/folder"
...

will do the trick

[warrenk]

Klaus,

Thanks...that worked great!

Warren

[SparkOut]

You can do lots of things with the command prompt too

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   replace "/" with "\" in tFolderPath
   -- Windows will need its native path delimiters

   set the hideConsoleWindows to true
   -- will prevent a black command prompt window being visible

   get shell ("explorer.exe /n," && tFolderPath)
   -- will achieve the same result

You can experiment with /n which will give a "normal" My Computer style window, or /e which will give a "File list" Windows Explorer style window.

The "launch" way is easier and simpler to achieve your result, but you can see how the "get shell" structure can be used to have more control of the command prompt options.
You can also make a vbscript function and "do" && scriptTerm as "vbscript" which may be useful for you to look up.