Run(Wait) failures

[fopetesl]

If I run "stripcat scandataF.dta" (or scandataF.bat which has same script) from command line it works without error but if I run from AutoIt script it fails

I have tried

; > not work    $DOS = RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c "stripcat.exe "scandataF.dta' & @CRLF, "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
;   $DOS = RunWait(@ComSpec & " /k " & "scandataF.bat" & @CRLF, "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
;  Run("scandataF.bat")

The "not work" line doesn't throw any error but also doesn't function. Both Run & RunWait do throw the Micro$oft error.

[Subz]

Not sure why you have an carriage return in your string and also not sure about your quotes, have you tried:

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c stripcat.exe scandataF.dta', "<Path to stripcat.exe>")
Or
RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c "<Path to Stripcat.exe>" "<Path to ScanDataF.dta"')
Or
ShellExecute("Stripcat.exe", "scandataF.dta")

[fopetesl]

Thanks, Subz. No.3 seems to work without error.

So what's the difference between 'Run' & 'ShellExecute'?

SE uses an API and Run doesn't?  Should I always use SE rather than Run?

[fopetesl]

Correction! No. It doesn't work.

Take this:

$DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "ncat 192.168.1.6 80 <getdata >scan1.dta", "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
  $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "ncat 192.168.1.6 80 <getdata >scan2.dta", "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
  If( $scanmode <> "baseline") Then
   ShellExecute("Stripcat.exe", "scandataF.dta") ; this has Micro$oft error
  Else
   ShellExecute("Stripcat.exe", "baseline.dta") ; this has Micro$oft error
  EndIf
; now reverse scan...
  $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "ncat 192.168.1.6 80 <scanr >scanrep", "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
  ProgressOn("Scanning Home", "Scan Progress ...", "Working...")
              For $i = 140 TO 0 Step -1
                ProgressSet($i)
                Sleep(100)
              Next
              ProgressSet(100, "Complete!")
              Sleep(500)
              ProgressOff()
  $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "ncat 192.168.1.6 80 <getdata >scan1.dta", "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
  $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "ncat 192.168.1.6 80 <getdata >scan2.dta", "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
  ShellExecute("Stripcat.exe", "scandataR.dta"); this does not have Micro$oft error
                               ; & works as expected
  If( $scanmode <> "baseline") Then
    $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & "hbinterpret" & @CRLF, "", @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) 
  EndIf

It did work initially. Now it errors every time.

Edited April 24, 2017 by fopetesl
Now fails

[jguinch]

Try _WinAPI_Wow64EnableWow64FsRedirection ( False ) before , maybe..

[fopetesl]

Is running on XP, so Wow64 is relevant?

 

[spudw2k]

Right, not relevant for XP.

I do find it curious that your third ShellExecute works...I would suspect Stripcat doesn't like something about the first two dta files since there is nothing intrinsically different from an AutoIt perspective about the ShellExecute function calls other than the destination file (scandataF.dta, baseline.dta, scandataR.dta).  

[jguinch]

Try to set the workingdir parameter