How do I make NotebookEvaluate work inside Button?

Question

The following creates a button to select a notebook to run. When the button is pressed it seems that Mathematica finds the notebook but cannot evaluate it. The following error occurs

Could not process unknown packet "1"

Button["run file 1", 
     NotebookEvaluate[
      "/../file1.nb"]]

This occurs under Mathematica 8 on all platforms.

Any help greatly appreciated, Christina

Please evaluate this (and press the button) and report the result: Button["run file 1", TracePrint @ NotebookEvaluate[ "/../file1.nb"]] — Mr.Wizard, May 22 '12 at 17:10
Also, please try a fully qualified path name, e.g. "C:/User/Notebooks/file1.nb" or whatever. — Mr.Wizard, May 22 '12 at 17:11
Button[..., Method->"Queued"] worked. Many thanks celtschk and @Mr.Wizard — Christina, May 22 '12 at 17:26
@celtschk please post that as an answer, or I shall. Christina, glad you've got it working! — Mr.Wizard, May 22 '12 at 17:32

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '12 at 18:09

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To make it work, use

Button["run file 1", NotebookEvaluate["/../file1.nb"], Method->"Queued"]

answered May 22 '12 at 18:09

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Mr.Wizard · Answer 2 · 2012-05-22T18:02:37.907

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In the comments celtschk suggested Button[..., Method -> "Queued"] and Christina confirmed it as a solution.

edited May 22 '12 at 18:02

answered May 22 '12 at 15:14

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@Christina does Button["run 1", NotebookEvaluate["/../file1.nb"]] also work by itself? – Mr.Wizard May 22 '12 at 16:50
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Great question @Mr.Wizard. It doesn't, I get the same error, so my question should actually be "How do I make NotebookEvaluate work inside Button?" I can't believe I didn't test that. – Christina May 22 '12 at 16:56

How do I make NotebookEvaluate work inside Button?

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