Attempting to launch another windows program

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In pick basic, if i want to launch a url I can do something like 

print ESC$:STX$ : "<" : "http://forum.asent.com"

and the browser is launched and the page comes up (hope i didn't fat finger that)

But I want to launch a specific program.  I hoped that I could take the properties from the icon and do similar to above.

print ESC$:STX$ : "<" : "C:\Revsoft\OInsight\OINSIGHT.exe /ap=Sanmar /un=Sanmar /DV=1 /IDE"

So I guess my question is, is there a different method to call a program that windows doesn't resolve?

Thanks

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dsig Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: June 27 2013 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote dsig Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Attempting to launch another windows program Posted: June 13 2014 at 11:28am
	In pick basic, if i want to launch a url I can do something like print ESC$:STX$ : "<" : "http://forum.asent.com" and the browser is launched and the page comes up (hope i didn't fat finger that) But I want to launch a specific program. I hoped that I could take the properties from the icon and do similar to above. print ESC$:STX$ : "<" : "C:\Revsoft\OInsight\OINSIGHT.exe /ap=Sanmar /un=Sanmar /DV=1 /IDE" So I guess my question is, is there a different method to call a program that windows doesn't resolve? Thanks

dsig Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: June 27 2013 Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote dsig Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 14 2014 at 3:22am
	Got this worked out. So for anyone trying this .. The simple answer was that because the app i was trying to launch needed additional "bits" during the boot process, the "session" needed to be in the app directory (or where the app could find its files). So in this case a simple bat file worked well. Create a bat in temp with something like this . cd "path to where the app lives" app.exe /option THEN in basic/accuterm a simple print ESC$:STX$ : "<" : "C:\temp\nameOfBat" worked great.