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From: David 
Subject: Re: How can I run a program I wrote?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:44:26 -0500
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:39:28 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> David  writes:
> 
>> I wrote a simple hello world program using Gambas but can't run it from my
>> home directory. I get this error:
>>
>> Cannot open /home/dgk/New directory/HelloWorld/HelloWorld: No application
>> suitable for automatic installation is available for handling this kind of
>> file.
>>
>> I checked the permissions and I have read/write, and "allow executing
>> file as program" is checked.
>>
>> Thanks. I have managed to get Pan running which is a victory.
> 
> It looks like it is running and the error code comes from it or its
> startup libraries. But you would be better off asking in a gambas forum
> I would think.
> 
> How did you run it? Command line. The error message is useless without
> the other information.

I just doubleclick on it in the home directory, it's a gui app. I just
tried getting there through terminal and found it (just HelloWorld with
no file extension using ls -l) and typed HelloWorld at the command prompt
but got something like No Such Command. Maybe I have to do something else
in Linux to execute a program? In old RMS days we need to type Run or
something as I recall. It's been a while. I'll check my Linux for Dummies
in 24 Hours or whatever I have when I get to work. We use Linux (RedHat)
for some of our servers so I needed to know some basic commands.
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