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RE: Path pitfalls....

• Posted by Patrick.Barnes at transgrid.com.au Nov 26, 2002
• 442 views

No dice, it IS the "> bin\\export1.html" that's the problem.

Also, does the program halt until the shellExecute is finished? If it doesn't,
then that is going to cause problems too.

Qs:
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1. How to redirect stdout in the windows environment?

2. How to make the eu program wait until php.exe is finished?


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-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Parnell [mailto:ddparnell at bigpond.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 10:51
To: EUforum
Subject: Re: Path pitfalls....



Try using shellExecuteEx instead...

shellExecuteEx( object verb, sequence file, object parms,
                 object defdir, atom style, atom struct)

shellExecute("open", "bin\\php.exe > bin\\export1.html", "bin\\Cat.php", 0, 
SW_SHOWNORMAL, 0)

Or maybe its the stdout redirection causing it.

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:02:54 +1100, <Patrick.Barnes at transgrid.com.au> wrote:

>
> Damn, and I thought I'd figured it out, too.
>
> I got rid of all my system calls, and used shellExecute, but it didn't 
> quite work. No doubt I'm making a mistake somewhere.
>
> This is my code for one php file.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> --run the php script Cat, and output the results into export.html
> shellExecute("open", "bin\\php.exe bin\\Cat.php > bin\\export1.html", 
> SW_SHOWNORMAL)
>
> --open export.html as read, and the other two files as write.
> s = open("BIN\\export1.html","r")
> d1 = open("Tier 3 Apps by Category.html","w")
> d2 = open("Tier_3_Apps_by_Category.asp","w")
>
> --strip out the top two lines.
> line = gets(s)
> line = gets(s)
>
> --Copy the rest across to the destination files
> --read a line in.
> line = gets(s)
> while sequence(line) do --while the source file does not end...
> 	puts(d1, line) --output that line to d1
> 	puts(d2, line) --and d2
> 	line = gets(s) --and get a new line
> end while
>
> --close those files
> close(s)
> close(d1)
> close(d2)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> The other half of the program is almost identical.
> I thought it was working fine, but it turns out that the shellExecute 
> command doesn't do anything. What am I doing wrong?
> =======================
> Patrick Barnes
> Information Systems Group
> 201 Elizabeth St, Sydney
> Patrick.Barnes at tg.nsw.gov.au
> Ext: 91-3583
> Ph:(02) 9284-3583
> Mob: 0410 751 044
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Parnell [mailto:ddparnell at bigpond.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 09:07
> To: EUforum
> Subject: Re: Path pitfalls....
>
>
> Patrick,
> I did some quick research and discovered that even though the API docs 
> say you need a parent window, you can get by with out one for 
> shellExecute. So if you'd like to do a small mod on the win32lib.ew 
> file....
>
> Find the shellExecute routine and change the lines ...
>
> warnErr("shellExecute requires a WinMain()")
> return 0
>
> to ...
> hWnd = 0
>
> And this should then be able to be used without a Main Window.
>
> As another idea, you might like to get the current directory and prepend 
> it to the file name before you try to execute it.
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:36:51 +1100, <Patrick.Barnes at transgrid.com.au> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hmmm, I tried that.
>>
>> It doesn't want to run system() after I've changed the directory.
>>
>> On this line:
>> system("php.exe Cat.php > export.html", 0)
>>
>> It puts out to screen this error message:
>> CMD.EXE was started with '\\fp-ho1-pr\HO_Share\Tier 3 Database' as the
>> current
>> directory path. UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to windows 
>> directory.
>>
>> What's the win32 equivalent for system?
>>
>> I tried using shellExecute("open", "bin\\php.exe bin\\Cat.php >
>> bin\\export.html",
>> SW_SHOWNORMAL)
>>
>> but apparently it won't work without a winMain call. I don't want one, this 
>> is a script, not an application.
>>
>> =======================
>> Patrick Barnes
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cheers,
Derek Parnell





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