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open - Lingo's open command will start an external application from Director. It is NOT used to open Director movies or QuickTime videos, sound files or PICTs through Director. To open an external document with an external application, use the open...with command instead.

Example

open "c:\windows\notepad.exe"

open "c:\mystuff\readme.txt" with "c:\windows\notepad.exe"

The open command has a number of deficiencies that are addressed by Zeus products, such as zLaunch, zScript and zOpen.

Specifically open will NOT

Pass a new document to an open application (see zScript, zOpen for Windows and zLaunch for Macintosh)
Locate an application (you must specify the complete path to the application) (see zOpen for Windows and zLaunch for Macintosh)
Allow you to run an external application with limited RAM (see zLaunch for Mac and Windows)
Seamlessly integrate the external application by coverinf the desktop while the external application runs (see zOpen for Windows and zLaunch for Mac and Windows)
Reduce conflicts between Director and the external application (see zLaunch for Mac and Windows)

NOTE for Windows 95 users:

There is a bug in the 32-bit version of DfW's implementation of the open command, which causes "Protection violation" or "File in use" errors (error -49 or -51) under Windows 95. The error does not occur with the 16-bit version of Director. You can solve it by making your externl DIR, DXR or CST files "Read-Only". For a complete discussion, refer to the TechNote, "Solving Protection Violation Errors"

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