Question using Run

[Guest Guest_gasman]

When I run my script testit.au3

The following statement works.

$prog_dir= "C:\Progra~1\Wildli~1\WC-GPE\"

RunWait(@comSpec & " /c " & $prog_dir & "XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe", "",@SW_HIDE);

It launches the program XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe just fine.

If I comment out that line and put this one under it...

Run("XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe", $prog_dir)

I get an error which says it can not find the file. There are no typing errors here!

Bug?

Any idea what might be going on?

-g

[Guest Guest]

better of without cmd

[pekster]

I'm not sure if this will work or not, but how about removing the trailing backslash when you want to use the 2nd paramater of Run (the working directory) ? Maybe it will do something different. If not, you might want to post this in the bugs forum.

[Guest Guest]

Trailing slash or no trailing slash it doesn't work.

Any other ideas how to launch this program so I can continue to use the script?

-g

[Arctor]

Run("c:\windows\notepad.exe","", @SW_MINIMIZE)
Run("notepad.exe", "c:\windows", @SW_MINIMIZE)
Run("notepad.exe", "c:\windows\", @SW_MINIMIZE)

I just tried these 3 ways. All worked

arctor

[tutor2000]

When I run my script testit.au3

The following statement works.

$prog_dir= "C:\Progra~1\Wildli~1\WC-GPE\"

RunWait(@comSpec & " /c " &  $prog_dir & "XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe", "",@SW_HIDE);

It launches the program XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe just fine.

If I comment out that line and put this one under it...

Run("XX-ACP.1.01.2004.exe", $prog_dir)

I get an error which says it can not find the file.  There are no typing errors here!

Bug?

Any idea what might be going on?

-g

The command is probably in the path which is why it works with @comspec

You may need to specify the path of the command without @comspec

Rick

[Guest Guest]

I'll give that a shot, thanks.

However, I did discover that this work! Praise the Saints!!!

Run("C:\Progra~1\Wildli~1\WC-GPE\XX-AMP.1.01.2004.exe")

without bothering with the directory parameter.

... which leads me to believe either the documentation needs updating in terms of how to actually use Run, or there is a bug.

-g

[Guest gasman]

In fact, this works as well?

Run($prog_dir & "XX-AMP.1.01.2004.exe)

.... which isn't exactly the way it is described in the help.

-g

[tutor2000]

In fact, this works as well?

Run($prog_dir & "XX-AMP.1.01.2004.exe)

.... which isn't exactly the way it is described in the help.

-g

Each time you've specified the path of the exe

It works great job

Rick

[Guest gasman]

It isn't that I'm specifying the path.... the documentation suggests the command format should be:

Run(program,path)

My experiences suggest that doesn't work!

However these forms did:

Run($path & $program)

Run("/directory_path/program")

However, they aren't exactly working as they should, but they do launch the program.

-g

[Jos]

the helpfile says:

Run ( "filename" [, "workingdir" [, flag]] )

Parameters

filename - The name of the executable (EXE, BAT, COM, or PIF) to run.

workingdir [optional] The working directory.

flag [optional] The "show" flag of the executed program:

  @SW_HIDE = Hidden window

  @SW_MINIMIZE = Minimized window

  @SW_MAXIMIZE = Maximized window

So the Path parameter is the working dir.

I think it is a good suggestion that the Helpfile should say something like:

"filename - The full path\name of the executable (EXE, BAT, COM, or PIF) to run."

Because this seems to be a constant returning question....

[midiaxe]

Looking at the doc, the syntax for Run is:

Run( "filename" [, "workingdir" [, flag]] )

I think that the second parm (workingdir) is the initial directory where you want your application (1st parm) to look at if it needs to open/create a file (when not using a fully qualified path for the file). When I use Run/RunWait, I always fully qualify the path of my executable in parm 1.

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