ProcessStartInfo.Arguments don't undersrand SPACE?

[melisa]

I'm writting a method which will start a new specified program and specified file e.g start testdoc.doc with WINWORD.exe as below:

private void Start_Process()
{
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.FileName = "WINWORD.exe";
startInfo.Arguments = @"c:\testfolder\testdoc.doc";
Process.Start(startInfo);
}

Problem is: when the Arguments is simple as @"c:\testfolder\testdoc.doc" the program start out ok. But if I use address with space such as @"C:\Documents and Settings\My Test Folder\TestDoc.doc" WINWORD cannot start the TestDoc.doc as it cannot understand the space in the file path.

Is there any way to fix this or I have to use difference methods?

[Curtis Rutland]

just a guess off the top of my head, but try adding escaped quotes around the path:
"\"path with space\""
and see if that helps.

[melisa]

Adding escape quote did help much though.
Anyway I found a way throught: adding quote (not quote escape) and everything goes well. Like this @"""C:\Documents and Settings\My Test Folder\TestDoc.doc"""
There are 3 quote each start and end of string.

[Plater]

haha yes, when using the @ before a string, escape sequences are ignored, so escape-quotes would not work if you used the @ sign

Another way around it for example:

string n=@"C:\Documents and Settings\My Test Folder\TestDoc.doc";
string nn="\""+n+"\"";
 

[melisa]

I did try and it did work 8)
Thanks you guys.