HELP - Dos command execution - What is the right syntax ?

[snaileater]

Hi all,

i'm struggling with the PDFCreator command line, i'm sure the answer must be obvious ... but i don't find any wayout ...

i try to make the following code work :

$commandName="C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe -IF" & $source &  " -OF" & $destination
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & $commandName, "", @SW_HIDE)

The problem must be linked with the space contained in the PDFCreator path but i can't find the right syntax ...

Could any help me ?

Thanks in advance.

[azure]

Hi all,

i'm struggling with the PDFCreator command line, i'm sure the answer must be obvious ... but i don't find any wayout ...

i try to make the following code work :

$commandName="C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe -IF" & $source &  " -OF" & $destination
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & $commandName, "", @SW_HIDE)

The problem must be linked with the space contained in the PDFCreator path but i can't find the right syntax ...

Could any help me ?

Thanks in advance.

$commandName='"C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe" -IF' & $source &  ' -OF' & $destination
RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & $commandName, "", @SW_HIDE)

[snaileater]

thanks for help ...

It executes PDFCreator but my *.pdf files are not generated ... i suppose it has to do with PDF Creator options (?) ... my *.ps files are normal and generate the right *.pdf when launched manually ...

does the auto-save option of PDF Creator have to be set ?

thanks.

[azure]

thanks for help ...

It executes PDFCreator but my *.pdf files are not generated ... i suppose it has to do with PDF Creator options (?) ... my *.ps files are normal and generate the right *.pdf when launched manually ...

does the auto-save option of PDF Creator have to be set ?

thanks.

Well.. comspec only accepts so many quotes.. have you tried without comspec? maybe you need quotes around input file and output file?

$commandName='"C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe" -IF"' & $source &  '" -OF"' & $destination & '"'
RunWait($commandName, "", @SW_HIDE)

Edited January 29, 2009 by azure

[PsaltyDS]

thanks for help ...

It executes PDFCreator but my *.pdf files are not generated ... i suppose it has to do with PDF Creator options (?) ... my *.ps files are normal and generate the right *.pdf when launched manually ...

does the auto-save option of PDF Creator have to be set ?

thanks.

Are you sure there isn't supposed to be a space between "-IF" or "-OF" and the file paths? I would have tried that like:

$source = FileGetShortName('C:\My Dir\My Sub Dir\My File.doc')
$destination = FileGetShortName('C:\My Dir\My Sub Dir\My File.pdf')
$sPDFC_Dir = 'C:\Program Files\PDFCreator'
$commandName = '"' & $sPDFC_Dir & '\PDFCreator.exe" -IF ' & $source & ' -OF ' & $destination
RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k ' & $commandName, $sPDFC_Dir, @SW_SHOW)

Note "/k" and "@SW_SHOW" for testing so any errors can be seen. These can be changed back after it works. FileGetShortName() gives you 8.3 paths to work with.

If this still doesn't work, you need to post a working command line you have tested manually so we can see what works before translating it into AutoIt.

[JSThePatriot]

I would go with one of the following two options...

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I hope this helps. Both of the above should work.

Edit: I didn't think about the source and destination so I added the quotes that should make those work properly. Thanks PSaltyDS.

Regards,

Jarvis

Edited January 29, 2009 by JSThePatriot