Open with arguments - is there some real example of use

[hogaty]

Note about use: Open the selected List item(s) with command line arguments of your choice.

There is no real example of use Open with arguments. Could someone to supply example of use ?

Or is the command nowadays not used and is de facto replaced with command Open with ?

Hogaty

[armsys]

Are you referring to Open Selected Item?

[hogaty]

No. I am referring to Open with arguments...
Without assigned keyboard shortcut.

Are you referring to Open Selected Item?

[admin]

For example I select XYplorer.exe and do this:

[hogaty]

I wanted to open one selected excel file (D:\test.xlsx) in read only mode like that:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" -r D:\test.xlsx
It really works in OS.
Extension xlsx is associated with C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE in OS.

I select D:\test.xlsx in list and do this:

File -> Open with arguments...
I entered "-r" into dialog Open with arguments.

But with quoting or without quoting passed argument is result the same: D:\test.xlsx is opened with excel only in normal no read only mode.
It seems that argument -r is not passed and added after excel executable before D:\test.xlsx .

But second kind of use is OK:
Then I select C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE in list and do this:

File -> Open with arguments...
I entered "-r D:\test.xlsx" into dialog Open with arguments. (without quotes)

D:\test.xlsx was opened with excel in read only mode.

For example I select XYplorer.exe and do this:

[admin]

I checked it. The argument is correctly passed to Windows but Windows apparently ignores it when a non-executable file is to be opened.

So "Open with arguments" apparently only works as expected when an executable is focused.

I'm not happy with this function. It was added many years ago on user demand, but then it got totally forgotten. Nobody seemed to use it until you came. And now it does not even work well. Need to think...

ADD: OK, the next version has a change that might give you what you need...

[PeterH]

that is: if selected is a non-executable file
- get associated program
- call it, with (selected file *and* given parms) as parms

At least I think this could be a valid solution?

[admin]

that is: if selected is a non-executable file
- get associated program
- call it, with (selected file *and* given parms) as parms

At least I think this could be a valid solution?

Where did you get that information? I must have a leak somewhere...

Yes, exactly!

[hogaty]

Thank you for a very quickly added functionality.
I can now to use Open with Arguments for described purpose.

Remark: Parameters are passed only in the case when is selected only one item.

I checked it. The argument is correctly passed to Windows but Windows apparently ignores it when a non-executable file is to be opened.

So "Open with arguments" apparently only works as expected when an executable is focused.

I'm not happy with this function. It was added many years ago on user demand, but then it got totally forgotten. Nobody seemed to use it until you came. And now it does not even work well. Need to think...

ADD: OK, the next version has a change that might give you what you need...