run function working directory

[Surgery 0]

Hey,

Ok, so I'm going:

Run("Tonic.exe","in")

because the program is in a folder called "in". But when I run the converted script it says it can't find program. I've also tried:

Run("in\Tonic.exe")

and i get an incorrect number of parameters error at line -1, but the program runs after i close the alert. I imagine I'm just not using the working directory parameter correctly?

[Valuater 108]

The full location is needed

Run("C:\In\Tonic.exe")

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[Surgery 0]

So . . . than that means I can't have relative paths? I would like to have the folder that my script and the folder "in" is in able to be anywhere on the hard drive and still work. But if I use an absolute path I can't do that, right?

[Valuater 108]

read help

Run ( "filename" [, "workingdir" [, flag[, standard_i/o_flag]]] )

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[JerryD 1]

So . . . than that means I can't have relative paths? I would like to have the folder that my script and the folder "in" is in able to be anywhere on the hard drive and still work. But if I use an absolute path I can't do that, right?

The working directory has nothing to do with where the app is called from.

Run ( 'In\Tonic.exe' )

should work if the script is in the directory above In. The working directory is the app's working directory. Think about it. If you used

Run ( @comspec & ' /k', 'In' )

, and you use the standard $P$G prompt, the first line in your command window would be

C:\Above\In>

which is your working directory.

[SmOke_N 201]

MsgBox(64, 'File Find', _FileFind("mspaint.exe"))

Func _FileFind($sFName, $hDir = @HomeDrive)
    Local $iPid = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & 'dir "' & $hDir & "\*" & $sFName  _
            & '" /b /o-e /od /s /a-d', '', @SW_HIDE, 2)
    Return StdoutRead($iPid)
EndFunc

Edit:

For clarity:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=420170

My response was to the above post.

You could do @ScriptDir as the $hDir parameter if you don't know it's exact path, but know it will be the scripts directory.

Edited October 18, 2007 by SmOke_N

[Surgery 0]

well,

Run ( 'In\Tonic.exe' )

does technically work, but I keep getting an error that says incorrect number of parameters in function call at line -1. Everything is peachy after that, but I would rather do without that little error when I run the program every time.