Path in Linux

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Update: I managed to open the file remotely. For convenience, I moved the file to the remote connection’s root directory, i.e., the desktop (thus eliminating any issues caused by spaces, accents, or special characters). I also changed the code to:

Var f As new FolderItem (LeggiRigoFileDiTesto(4), FolderItem.PathModes.Native)

If f <> Nil Then
  if f.Exists then
    messagebox "OPEN FILE"
    
    Dim sh As New Shell
    Dim command As String = "xdg-open "+ LeggiRigoFileDiTesto(4)
    sh.Execute(command)
       
  else
    messagebox " Attenzione, probabilmente il file " + LeggiRigoFileDiTesto(4) +" non esiste ..."
  end if
Else  // User Cancelled
  messagebox "Attenzione ... il rigo n°4 del file di configurazione presenta un errore nella path '' " +LeggiRigoFileDiTesto(4) +" ''"
End If

So I removed .Open and added Execute. That way at least it opens the file :slight_smile: The test path is: /home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/test.ods. And so far I’m happy. Now there are evidently problems managing the full path name where the file I’m interested in is located. The full path would be:/home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/HF_UTILS/Listini ed elenchi/Costo Materiali.ods (I deleted the special fonts from the original folder which was H&F Utilità and converted it to HF_UTILS). But doing this the file no longer opens. Any ideas?

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What’s the “be:” at the start of that path? should it not be just “/home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/HF_UTILS/Listini ed elenchi/Costo Materiali.ods”. If you double click on it does it open correctly?

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The full path would be: /home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/HF_UTILS/Listini ed elenchi/Costo Materiali.ods

:slight_smile:

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Ha. I didn’t see that :slight_smile: It was touching in the example, which got me confused!

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:slight_smile: You are right.
The full path would be: /home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/HF_UTILS/Listini ed elenchi/Costo Materiali.ods (I wrote the characters too close together)

The problem remains… evidently Xojo or Linux have trouble handling spaces in network paths and file names? How do I solve this?

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Good morning everyone, this morning I had a flash of inspiration. To try to narrow down the possible causes of the problem, I removed spaces, special characters, empty spaces, and anything else that could cause problems from the folders. Instead of spaces, I inserted an underscore (_). Then, instead of mounting the network PC’s desktop, I mounted the folder directly. So the path is now: /home/Noeli/Scrivania/desktop/test.ods and the file opens :slight_smile:

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Who would have thought that using special characters in the file/network path is not beneficial? :wink:

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I thought if it worked in Windows, it might work in Linux. I don’t use Linux, but I’m developing my own software to do so, so I’m experimenting with xojo in a Linux environment for the first time.

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