Hi ROOT team
Just an idea.
On Unix we have some script called "root" to start the fake root. That in
turn launches the
real "root.exe"
Should we establish the same schema under Windows to cure the problem in
question
and other may-be-appeared-in-future problems as well.
Valeri
>
>
> > Hi Ed,
> >
> > Sorrowfully, this is C++ syntax. In a C++ string '\' is used as an
escaped
> > character. You need to first transfer the %1 in doubling the \.
> >
> > An alternative is to write a very small C++ program that would
> >
> > - tranform argc[1] to double the '\'.
>
> I agree then you can use system call tostart ROOT
> . . .
>
> #include "TString.h"
> int main(argc,argv){
> TString rootCmd = "start root ";
> rootCmd += argc[1];
> rootCmd.ReplaceAll("\\","/");
> system(rootCmd.Data());
> }
>
> Of course instead TString you may use something else.
>
> > - create a string toe say myScript.cpp(\"...")
> > - call gROOT->ProcessLine(cmd)
>
> I think for Windows you can do
>
> int main(argc,argv){
>
>
> }
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Philippe
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch
> > [mailto:owner-roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch]On Behalf Of Ed Oltman
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:20 AM
> > To: Roottalk@Pcroot. Cern. Ch
> > Subject: [ROOT] parsing input line to root
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am using root v3.02/07 on Win32. I have made an OS association of
the
> > file type .root to launch root using the the following:
> >
> > %rootsys%\bin\root %rootsys\myScript.cpp(\"%1\")
> >
> > So, for example, when I double click (or type from dos prompt) abc.root,
the
> > following is exected:
> >
> > c:\root\bin\root c:\root\myScript.cpp("c:\analysis01\abc.root")
> >
> >
> > So far, so good. Root reports:
> >
> > Processing c:\root\myScript.cpp("c:\analysis01\abc.root")...
> >
> > The problem is, somewhere in the depths of the CINT (I lost the thread
> > within TCint::ProcessLineSynch) the argument to my script is
transformed:
> >
> > "c:\analysis\abc.root" --> "c:analysis0bc.root"
> >
> > and of course, it does'nt work. If I could coax windoze into replacing
"\"
> > with "\\" everywhere, the association would work perfectly.
> >
> > Is there a way to instruct CINT not to treat a slash as a special
character?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Ed Oltman
> >
> >
> >
> > myScript.cpp looks like:
> >
> > class CManage;
> > void myScript(char *fname)
> > {
> > gROOT->Reset();
> > gROOT->LoadMacro("myAnalysis.dll");
> > CManage *pM = new CManage;
> > pM->RestoreAnalyzed(fname);
> > }
> >
> >
> >
>
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