Simple question (launch a program)

[Jeff Shannon]

Either that, or use double \'s, eg:
>>>os.system("c:\\Program Files\\KeyNote\\keynote.exe")

The likely problem here being that \ indicates escape codes in
python strings; in order to represent \ itself, you either need to
escape it (which is what \\ does), or specify that the string not
use escape codes (which is what the raw string does).

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International

Emile van Sebille wrote:

> Maybe you need a raw string? eg:
> >>> system(r"C:\Program Files\KeyNote\keynote.exe")
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> > > Did you try os.system()?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Franz
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> >
> > Yes. If I do
> > >>> system("notepad")
> > notepad launches and I get a return code of 0.
> >
> > However, if I do:
> > >>> system("C:\Program Files\KeyNote\keynote.exe")
> > I get a return code of 1 and nothing happens.
> >
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