Using PCM to modify A PARA file

[[Ry...]]

I am currently trying to build a program for our cmm to be used as a quarterly verification.  One of the things I want to do is if it determined that cert needs to be updated you can edit the PARA file mid run. I can get note pad to open, but I cant get the file to open. Here is what I have so far. 

// cert file and directory 
Certdata=getActualInspectionDir()+"\PCM\0154-16 Cert.PARA"

//text editor
texteditor="notepad.exe"

// inquire next steps if cert is out of date
u=0
update=0
cert_update=Certdata+texteditor

if q==1 then 
    u=confirm("The Calibration Date for the artifact has passed"+cr()+"Do you wish to continue run?")
    update=confirm("Do you wish to update the cert data now?")
endif 
if update==true then 
    systemCallWithWait(cert_update)
endif 

 

q is set to 1 in steps in the code earlier on if the date is found to be past. 

For the system call I am mimicking code that a former programmer set up, but I cant seem to find what step I am missing.

 

Thanks for the Help 

 

[[Mi...]]

Hello!

Try

Certdata="C:\Temp\test.txt"
texteditor="notepad"
//texteditor="notepad++"
systemCallWithWait("cmd.exe /c start " + texteditor + "  " + Certdata)

 

[[Ma...]]

Try this one:

 

// cert file and directory 
Certdata=getActualInspectionDir()+"\PCM\0154-16 Cert.PARA"

//text editor
texteditor="notepad.exe "

// inquire next steps if cert is out of date
u=0
update=0
cert_update=texteditor + Certdata

if q==1 then 
    u=confirm("The Calibration Date for the artifact has passed"+cr()+"Do you wish to continue run?")
    update=confirm("Do you wish to update the cert data now?")
endif 
if update==true then 
    systemCallWithWait(cert_update)
endif 

 

[[Ry...]]

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This worked Thank you for the help. on a side note do you know if there is a way to do this with out going through the command line?

[[Ry...]]

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This is what I tried originally, as it mimics the first program the best, but it just seems to skip past this line when ever I run it 

[[Ma...]]

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Test this simple code if it works for you.

filePath = "C:\Link\To\Your\File.para"
textEditor = "notepad.exe "
fileEdit = texteditor + filePath
systemCallWithWait(fileEdit)

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I tried it and got the same affect. I tried it with both the system call with wait and system call just skips over both. But it will open up a blank note pad file just fine