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    MoKaLuxMoKaLux Member
    edited December 2020 in General questions
    my fellow developers :)
    Is it possible to have a link (a button, or a textfield...) in my app to open a folder on my system (windows10) and actually showing it?
    I tried application:openUrl("|D|") but that doesn't work.
    Also had a look at LFS but no such option available.
    Thank you.
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    • rrraptorrrraptor Member
      edited December 2020 Accepted Answer
      You can use
      os.execute("start C:/path/to/folder")
      Or if your path contains spaces:
      local path = "H:\\ShdowPLAY\\TMP\\Mafia  Definitive Edition"
--local path = "H:/ShdowPLAY/TMP/Mafia  Definitive Edition" -- same
os.execute("start \"\" \"" .. path .. "\"")

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    • MoKaLuxMoKaLux Member
      edited December 2020
      oh I wasn't even aware that gideros had an os class.

      This is pure genius rrraptor
      "Mafia Definitive Edition" :)

      https://wiki.gideros.rocks/index.php/Os.execute

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    • MoKaLuxMoKaLux Member
      edited December 2020
      does anybody have another use for os.execute(...)?
      that would be good to know :)
      I looked for c function and tried this:
      os.execute("dir")
      os.execute("dir "..lfs.currentdir())
      but nothing happens :)
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