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Subject: Re: Yet another question on system calls(newbie question)
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James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> writes:
[...]
> Note that your last proposal, to call the system command with the
> name of an image file, will not work. The system command only
> executes files that have executable permissions set. This is not
> normally true for image files. 

Take a closer look.  The call was
   result := C_System(value => "acdsee D:\work\pictures\BP47.jpg ");
The command is acdsee, presumably an image viewer.

BTW, why the trailing blank?

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