startapp in 2007

Why does this work from the command line:
(startapp "c:\\program files\\microsoft office\\office\\winword.exe")

but if assigned to a button on a toolbar, the slashes have to be reversed to make it function:
(startapp "c://program files//microsoft office//office//winword.exe")
otherwise, the command line hangs at (startapp "c:

 

Thanks. I'm quite familiar with that control character but I was just
curious why the entry on the command line and the same entry for a button
would behave differently.

From a macro, AutoCAD reads the first \ as a pause for input, because it is
a control character... See Help file, Customization, control character.

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Gilbert L. “Chip” Harper


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