12.1: Problem getting current path from outside Opus

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Hi dopus team,

Congrats again for dopus 12 :thumbsup:, wonderful software...

I've just upgraded from 12.0.15 to 12.1 and it introduced a bug

I'm using an autohotkey script to open the current source folder (in dopus) in open/save dialogs...

But since 12.1, when dopus does not have the focus, this part :

Run, C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe /cmd Clipboard SET {sourcepath$}

to get the current source folder, returns nothing...

really strange :open_mouth:

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changing /cmd to /acmd make it work again...

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I don't think any of the changes from 12.0.15 to 12.1 would have changed how that behaves.

I suspect you just hadn't run into a situation where /acmd was needed until now. Using /acmd is usually the same as using /cmd, except in a few edge cases. Generally, /acmd is the right one to use.

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Leo, I litterally use the script hundreds times a day, this behavior is brand new.

Is that an expected behavior that :

Run, C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe /cmd Clipboard SET {sourcepath$}

returns nothing if dopus does not have the focus ?

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It works here, from a command prompt, whether or not Opus has focus. (Once I put quotes around the exe path.)

Have you got any empty folder tabs open? Or tabs showing something that doesn't have a real path? (e.g. The Computer folder.) The /cmd is probably being routed to a tab that cannot generate {sourcepath$}.

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no empty folder tab, no tabs showing something that doesn't have a real path...

i use the script in open/save dialogs so dopus does not have the focus...

works with acmd, does not work with cmd

and DID work with cmd before...

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Here's what I see:

leo.dopus.com/posts/dopusrt_cmd_ ... rd_set.mp4

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I totally believed you :wink:

Here's what I see:
dropbox.com/s/r0ph65gta8d7h ... g.wmv?dl=0

Maybe there is a strange/voodoo thing happening on my pc...

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The video doesn't show which listers and tabs you have open.

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There was only one lister with two tabs (C:/ in source) and (C:/Dropbox in destination)

Anyways, this morning, after a full shutdown...it seems that my computer is behaving normally again...
because i cannot reproduce this bug :thumbsup:

i would like to know what happened, but i guess it will stays a mystery :smiley:

I've changed /cmd to /acmd :wink: