Scripts for calling Internet Explorer,Explorer,Word,Access,Excel from Cygwin

[Andrew DeFaria]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Sat, 8 May 2004, zzapper wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> With help from this NG have created the following scripts, I think
>> they are very useful especially wexp. (Paths to various apps on your
>> PC may vary of course). Excepting wexp all require a filename as
>> parameter eg > wmdb test.mdb
>>
>> wexp : Launch Windows Explorer with correct "Windows" path
>> wint : Launch Internet Explorer with correct "Windows" path
>> wop : Launch Opera with correct "Windows" path
>> wpdf : Launch Acrobat Reader with correct "Windows" path
>> wxls : Launch Excel with correct "Windows" path
>> wdoc : Launch Word with correct "Windows" path
>> wmdb : Launch Access with correct "Windows" path
>
>
> David,
>
> I hate to rain on your parade, but have you tried "cygstart"? If you have
> the Explorer file associations set up correctly (i.e., double-clicking on
> a .mdb file launches Access, etc), you should simply be able to say
>
> $ cygstart test.mdb
>
> to pop up Access. Similarly, "cygstart ." (or any other directory) should
> pop up Windows Explorer.

Hell even explorer . works! (I admit it doesn't address other things 
like POSIX paths and other applications though I rarely get the urge to 
start MS Access ;-) ).

> You can even say "cygstart -x ." to open Windows
> Explorer in "explore" mode. This should also work with the *full* POSIX
> path to a file, whereas your solution requires that the file be in the
> current directory...
>
> FWIW, the one useful aspect of your scripts is that you can only associate
> the ".html" extension with either Opera or IE, so you'll need a script to
> invoke the non-default browser. Note also that people may have their
> programs, notably Opera, Acrobat Reader, etc, installed in different
> location from that which you hard-coded into the scripts.
>
> HTH,
> Igor


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