(solved) Need help with source path as parameter input

[rachman]

Hi, everyone
Hopefully someone can help
I'm trying to create a shortcut button for CSearcher with detailed setting:

Command: D:\Programs\CSearcher\CSearcher.exe
Parameters: %P
Start path: <empty>
Icon file: D:\Programs\CSearcher\CSearcher.exe
Icon: 0
Tooltip: CSearcher

If I use it with source path that contains white space, search folder(s) keeps empty. If I use %P%S as parameters. it works fine with selected folder(s) as input. What should I do so it could work with source path as input?
Thanks. Regards. :)

[petermad]

Try:

Parameters: "%P"

[rachman]

That doesn't work here.

[MVV]

Please describe CSearcher command line syntax, it is impossible to guess parameters w/o it.

[rachman]

I'm sorry that I forget about it
Image: http://i.imgur.com/8Vs5Zme.png

[MVV]

It seems that "%P" should really work. Maybe it doesn't like backslashes before closing quote (a stupid Microsoft CRT feature)? You can try "%P." in such case...
Please try starting it manually from command line with different path variations.

[Horst.Epp]

CSearcher doesn't like the trailing \ which TC adds for %P

[rachman]

If I try from command line
CSearcher "d:\Programs\My folder\" -> it doesn't work
CSearcher "d:\Programs\My folder" -> it works


Anyway thank you guys. by using "%P.", now it works.
I didn't see that in help (probably I missed it). regards.

[MVV]

Anyway thank you guys. by using "%P.", now it works.
I didn't see that in help (probably I missed it). regards.

It is not listed in help, it is just a trick. A dot is a pseudo-item that points to current directory (just as two dots point to upper directory) so d:\Programs\My folder and d:\Programs\My folder\. mean the same directory (though paths with such extra dots may look not very nice).

BTW you can also try using "%P" in order to escape a backslash from %P... Unfortunately stupid CRT solutions like using backslash as an escape character require such ugly workarounds.

[rachman]

Yes, "%P\" also works. Thank you.