Text Previewer (windows only)

[SMcNeill]

Updated (Thanks to RhoSigma's suggestion) to include toggles for the various PrintModes.

[Pete]

All I got out of this was Steve broke SHELL. When will that be fixed? Please don't go using chewing gum and twins... I mean twine.

Pete

- I always look good in text.

[SpriggsySpriggs]

There have always been issues with SHELL in CONSOLE:ONLY vs regular window. I've just accepted them and found ways around them.

[mdijkens]

SHELL is broken. 

Try these three examples:

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$Console:Only

Shell _Hide "reg query " + Chr$(34) + "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" + Chr$(34) + " /s > temp.txt"

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$Console:Only

Shell "reg query " + Chr$(34) + "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" + Chr$(34) + " /s > temp.txt"

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Shell "reg query " + Chr$(34) + "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" + Chr$(34) + " /s > temp.txt"

$CONSOLE:ONLY and SHELL works.
$CONSOLE:ONLY and SHELL HIDE doesn't work.
SHELL withotu $CONSOLE:ONLY doesn't work.

/SIGH

Run into this a lot.
If it does not work, try adding "cmd /c " in front of your command
That fixes is 99% of the time

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$Console:Only

Shell _Hide "cmd /c reg query " + Chr$(34) + "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" + Chr$(34) + " /s > temp.txt"

[SMcNeill]

The only 100% workaround that I've found is just to write the shell command into a batch file and then call it from there.  Crazy, but it is what it is.

I found another SHELL that was almost impossible to deciper the other day.  It was something like:

 foo print 123 > text.txt

From the command line, it worked with no isses.

From SHELL, it ended up having to be something like:

SHELL chr$(34) + "powershell 'foo print 123' > text.txt" + CHR$(34)

The entire powershell command had to be listed inside the single quotes, so it'd process as a single command, and then *everything* had to be encased in quotes so that CMD wouldn't break it apart into multiple, fractional calls to crap.

Lord, the hoops to ump throug, for something so simple!!