Problem with starting program via .bat file.

[vladqa]

I'm trying to make AutoIt to start a program using its .bat file.

I'm using: Run ("C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat")

And I'm getting: "Esception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ..." BUT everything works FINE if I just manually double click this .bat file.

Is AutoIt using it's own way or should I inlcude something else???

[DW1]

Try this, from the help file:

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & "C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)

[Swift]

Or use: ShellExecute() with his syntax above.

[vladqa]

Try this, from the help file:

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & "C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)

Hi danwilli, Thanks for the reply and tip! I tried it before (but I used SW_SHOW instead) - the command prompt window (which start along with my application) will be shown just for the very brief moment (so now I don't even know in this case if I'm getting the error and/or which one) and my program will not start in either case. .

Any other ideas/suggestions?

[vladqa]

Or use: ShellExecute() with his syntax above.

Thanks R6V2! I tried your suggestion - but getting "Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat'..."

BTW what is "/c" used for??

But I tried to use the same path (C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat) via cmd and I got the same error "NoClassDefFound". So the problem is clearly not with how AutoIt handle it but with my settings.

[vladqa]

Actually we just found how to make it works (in case someone else will need it ):

Run ("C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat", "C:\Program Files\MyProgram")

But if someone can clarify for me what is "/c" used for - that would be nice

[MHz]

But if someone can clarify for me what is "/c" used for - that would be nice

Open a command prompt and type CMD /? for details. Win 9x would be Command /? or you could even try %comspec% /?.

...

/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates

/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains

...

[/dev/null]

I'm trying to make AutoIt to start a program using its .bat file.

I'm using: Run ("C:\Program Files\MyProgram\my.bat")

And I'm getting: "Esception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ..." BUT everything works FINE if I just manually double click this .bat file.

Is AutoIt using it's own way or should I inlcude something else???

well, why don't you just post my.bat, so we get at least a chance to figure out what possibly causes the problem....