Re: Start of application within a context document

Re: Start of application within a context document

[Stephen A. Tjemkes]

Will try this

thanks

stephen

>>> pragma@wxs.nl 08/09/05 10:22:06 >>>
Stephen A. Tjemkes wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If you excuse my ignorance, but I am looking for  a simple example how to launch an executable (a tcl/tk script in my case) from within a pdf document prepared by context. 
>
>During a presentation i would like to show some graphics which are generated through the execution of a tcl/tk script. 
>One could close the pdf file and open the tcl/tk script, but it would be nice if one could symbolically link the script within the pdf file. 
>Because I prepare the pdf file using context, I searched the context manuals, but didnot find a solution to this problem. 
>
>Therefore if somebody has solved this already and is willing to share his/her experience I would be grateful
>  
>
the best way to do it is to make a cmd file (batch file) and use the \goto{whatever}[program(somename.cmd)] feature; this kind of functionality has never been robust in acrobat and batch files permit you to set up things properly (paths, command line arguments, etc); 

an alternative is to use http requests and a local http server, but then you end up with acrobat waiting for some response (url or submit methods) 

Hans 

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Re: Start of application within a context document

[Hans Hagen]

Mojca Miklavec wrote:

>Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>  
>
>>\goto{whatever}[program(somename.cmd)]
>>    
>>
>
>Great! But how can I pass parameters?
>
>\goto{http://contextgarden.net}[program(C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown.exe)]
>only prints a help message (pretty unuseful) and
>\goto{http://contextgarden.net}[program(C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown.exe -s)]
>says that the file wasn't found.
>
>(the rest works as expected, esp. once you check the box "do not show
>this warning again")
>  
>
long time not done, so a guess -)

\goto{http://contextgarden.net}[program(C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown.exe{-s})]

anyhow, as with more things the pdf specs promise more that is possible. This is why i suggested using 

c:\\myscripts\mojca-wants-to-shut-down.cmd

which then calls 

c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s 

Hans 
 

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Re: Start of application within a context document

[Mojca Miklavec]

Hans Hagen wrote:

> \goto{whatever}[program(somename.cmd)]

Great! But how can I pass parameters?

\goto{http://contextgarden.net}[program(C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown.exe)]
only prints a help message (pretty unuseful) and
\goto{http://contextgarden.net}[program(C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown.exe -s)]
says that the file wasn't found.

(the rest works as expected, esp. once you check the box "do not show
this warning again")

Mojca

Re: Start of application within a context document

[Peter Münster]

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Hans Hagen wrote:

> an alternative is to use http requests and a local http server, but then
> you end up with acrobat waiting for some response (url or submit methods)

Or you tell acrobat to use "your-script" instead of "mozilla" as browser.
Cheers, Peter

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Re: Start of application within a context document

[Hans Hagen]

Stephen A. Tjemkes wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If you excuse my ignorance, but I am looking for  a simple example how to launch an executable (a tcl/tk script in my case) from within a pdf document prepared by context. 
>
>During a presentation i would like to show some graphics which are generated through the execution of a tcl/tk script. 
>One could close the pdf file and open the tcl/tk script, but it would be nice if one could symbolically link the script within the pdf file. 
>Because I prepare the pdf file using context, I searched the context manuals, but didnot find a solution to this problem. 
>
>Therefore if somebody has solved this already and is willing to share his/her experience I would be grateful
>  
>
the best way to do it is to make a cmd file (batch file) and use the \goto{whatever}[program(somename.cmd)] feature; this kind of functionality has never been robust in acrobat and batch files permit you to set up things properly (paths, command line arguments, etc); 

an alternative is to use http requests and a local http server, but then you end up with acrobat waiting for some response (url or submit methods) 

Hans 

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Start of application within a context document

[Stephen A. Tjemkes]

Hi,

If you excuse my ignorance, but I am looking for  a simple example how to launch an executable (a tcl/tk script in my case) from within a pdf document prepared by context. 

During a presentation i would like to show some graphics which are generated through the execution of a tcl/tk script. 
One could close the pdf file and open the tcl/tk script, but it would be nice if one could symbolically link the script within the pdf file. 
Because I prepare the pdf file using context, I searched the context manuals, but didnot find a solution to this problem. 

Therefore if somebody has solved this already and is willing to share his/her experience I would be grateful

Thanks

Stephen