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pcmd:='open "'+filename+'" ... '+#0;</div>
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mciSendString(@pcmd[1], ...);</div>
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mciSendString does return errors.. duno if that'll be helpful.</div>
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I originally used it in Virtual Pascal and had to make a partial header myself so the FreePascal one might take parameters differently.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 20, 2022 9:56:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'FPC-Pascal users discussions' <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> James Richters <james.richters@productionautomation.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [fpc-pascal] mciSendString with long file names</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I’m trying to get <span class="x_SpellE">mciSendString</span>() to work with long file names with spaces in them and I’m not having any success.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">I know with winnows you need quotes around long file names, so I’m trying things like this:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Var <span class="x_SpellE">MySoundFile:String</span>;</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span class="x_SpellE">mciSendString</span>(<span class="x_SpellE">PChar</span>('play '+<span class="x_SpellE">Ansistring</span>(#34+MySoundFile+#34)),Nil,0,0);</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">But still it works if my file name has no spaces, but does not work if there are spaces.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">I think maybe it’s my conversion to a <span class="x_SpellE">
PChar</span>, but it works as long as there are no spaces, so I don’t know.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">The name of my file is in a string because it comes from a record with a string variable in it.. part of another whole system that I don’t want to change just to get this to work.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Any one have any ideas how to get long file names with spaces to work?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">James</p>
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