Using ShellExecute to open .mxd - Win 7

[DavidKroll]

I have a Delphi application that calls ShellExecute on a .mxd file.  It works fine in XP, but when trying to run on Win 7, ArcMap throws the error "Could not find file C:\users\username\My Documents\filename.mxd.mxd".  I'm not passing the filename with 2 .mxd's at the end.  Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

David

[RichardWatson]

Since your file name has spaces in it, did you put quotes around it?

[DavidKroll]

I'm using a variable in the ShellExecute, so there's not an actual filename.

  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar(FileNameVariable), nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) ;

[RichardWatson]

So the obvious question is what is the contents of FileNameVariable?

If you literally type that into the Windows Start menu Run command does it work?

Try a file path which does not have spaces in it.

[DavidKroll]

Typing it in at the command prompt didn't work, so I moved the file to a path with no spaces and it works.  Just amazes me how this works in XP but not 7.  Oh well.

Thank you for your help!

[RichardWatson]

It should work from ShellExecute as well.  If the filename has spaces in it then you need to protect it by enclosing it in quotes.

In C#:

            string fileName = @"""c:\file path\file name with spaces.mxd""";

It has been too long since I have written Pascal:(

[MichaelRobb]

wow, shell... old school
windows 7 structures program files differently as well as user folders... (x86 for starters)
so USERNAME is going to be a different path...
As richard states, should work, try throwing the MXD is a simple folder path to test.

[JoeMadrigal]

This works for me using the process class instead.  I do not include the ".mxd" in my mapName variable.

System.Diagnostics.Process arcmap = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

arcmap.StartInfo.FileName = arcmappath + "\\arcmap.exe";
arcmap.StartInfo.Arguments = path + mapName;

arcmap.Start();