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How to use quotes on skill command on Windows

ANSYS

Hi,

I'm creating a menu to handle and export some results to Excel and I'm having troubles to use paths with spaces. I tried to use the "\"" approach but it still doesn't work for the arguments. In my case I'm trying to open a csv file like below:

csvinput="C:\\temp\\tmp space\\mydata.csv"

path=axlGetVariable("CURRENT_OFFICE_VERSION")
cmdOpenCSV=strcat( "\"" path "\\EXCEL.EXE" "\" \"" csvinput "\"" )
cid = ipcBatchProcess(cmdOpenCSV "" "c:\\temp\\skill_log.txt")

If I place mydata.csv on a folder without spaces, it works. Also, strangely enough the "\"" worked for excel's path as it also has white spaces. Could someone please comment on that? 

Thanks in advance.

  • B Bruekers

    You need to 'double' escape the csv path so it creates a \"<csv file>\"  string which then appears as  "<csv file>"  is the actual command line.

    cmdOpenCSV=strcat( "\"" path "\\EXCEL.EXE" "\" \\\"" csvinput "\\\"" )

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