Because of <https://xojo.com/issue/29275> I’m unable to use FolderItem.Launch on a directory to open it up for the user to see a file. This bug also prevents me from launching a PDF file.
Does anyone know of another way to Show a File or Directory in Linux?
Would a shell command of some sort work?
Can you actually open the file in the file browser on this distro ?
The notes in the case specifically say that doing this in the file browser also doesn’t work
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In this case, I’m not actually launching the file, I’m launching the containing folder to show the user where a file is. And yes, I can navigate to the directory with no problems.
This might be a slightly different use case scenario but I think it’s the same thing.
I’m simply doing this:
myDB.DatabaseFile.parent.Launch which works on Mac & Windows. On Linux it generates an OS level error.
The file is in /home/bob/companyname/appname server/ and the error message says:
Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder file:///home/bob/companyname/appname\ server/ does not exist.
Sounded pretty similar to the case I referred to. If not, it’s another @#*^&$ bug in Linux that’s either never been report or never fixed. It’s frustrating.
Yeah I was just wondering if the same issue existed in the file browser as that case mentioned - hence my question
depending on what kind of file it it the command “xdg-open” might work for some
But it relies on there being a registered app to handle the file type at the OS level
But in this case it’s just a directory in the File Manager.
hence “_might” 
I dont know if there’s any other way to make the file browser show up & show a specific location
Is there any reason why this shows the URL path ?
Here f.launch does open a folder.
Here is how you do it in shell
dim s as new shell
s.execute("xdg-open "+f.ShellPath)
//or s.execute("nautilus "+f.ShellPath)
Tested in Linux Mint.
Michel’s code works for me on Mint 17.2 32-bit and Mint 17.3 64-bit.
Cool. I will try it when I get a chance!