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Posted: 18th Jun 2006 13:47

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prog$=""

filename$="case.txt"
if file exist(filename$)=1 then delete file filename$
open to write 1,filename$
write string 1, "You ran NOTEPAD!"
close file 1

directory$=""
commandline$=filename$

print "What program would you like to run?"
input prog$

select prog$=""
      case 0 : 
	if prog$= "Notepad" EXECUTE FILE "C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE" ,commandline$,directory$,1 
		endcase
      
		case default : "you've entered something wrong!" endcase
endselect

As you can see, I'm trying to make a small program that writes a file, writes text to file. I put a select case in this program. i go to run it and it says:

if prog$= "Notepad" EXECUTE FILE "C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE" ,commandline$,directory$,1

Unrecognised paramater. anyway to fix this so i can add multiple select cases? thanks in advance for the help

"Originally I was going to have a BS on it but you know how that would be. I can't walk around with the letters BS on me." More or less a qoute by Syndrome from Jack, Jack, attack

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Posted: 18th Jun 2006 13:51 Edited at: 18th Jun 2006 13:54

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if prog$= "Notepad" then EXECUTE FILE "C:WINDOWSNOTEPAD.EXE" ,commandline$,directory$,1

case default : "you've entered something wrong!" : endcase

And its

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select prog$
   case option1$
   endcase
   case option2$
   endcase
   case default
   endcase
enselect

So in your program, it should be something like

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select prog$
   case "notepad"
      execute file etc.
   endcase
   case default
      print "you typed something wrong" : endcase
   endcase
endselect

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Have a problem, solve the problem, and have a new problem to solve.

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Posted: 18th Jun 2006 14:02

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Thanks, i actually figured it out. (I'm sorry if i post a problem and then figure it out.) Maybe next time i should take a better look at my code. Sorry about the post

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