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From: Marius Amado-Alves <amado.alves@gmail.com>
Subject: How to call a Windows executable from Ada?
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:04:38 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <71f3752c-40a2-4678-9451-1223a776b384n@googlegroups.com> (raw)

Any *effectively working* solution for calling an external Windows executable, with arguments, from inside Ada?

For example, the following command runs fine when given on the Windows command line:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /f "C:\long path\with spaces\and accented letters\like in the words\declaração de autorização.docx" /mSave_As_Txt

The same command FAILS when called from inside Ada with any of the know "solutions" on GNAT gem [1] and Rosetta Code [2].

But there must be a way!

Share your good code.

Thanks.

[1] https://www.adacore.com/gems/gem-54
[2] https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Execute_a_system_command#Ada

             reply	other threads:[~2021-12-08 23:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-08 23:04 Marius Amado-Alves [this message]
2021-12-09  5:09 ` How to call a Windows executable from Ada? Randy Brukardt
2021-12-09  7:26 ` Vadim Godunko
2021-12-09  7:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2021-12-09  9:28   ` Marius Amado-Alves
2021-12-09 18:38     ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2021-12-09 19:27     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov

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