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09-09-2008
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| | HTA calls cmd-batch, but which path? I am making a hta program that shows two buttons: "Continue" and "Stop". When pressing the "Continue" button, the program (VbScript) calls several cmd batch programs that are stored in a subdirectory "Data-Exe". These cmd programs check the existence of source directories, destination directories and copy data from other subdirectories (DataToBeCopied) that are located inside "Data-Exe". These cmd programs work fine when I run them seperately. However, when the hta starts them they are running from the main directory (update) and not from the directory they reside in,"Data-Exe". This means that the cmd programs react differently to the paths they are programmed with when running from another location. This means I have to reprogram the cmd's. This also means that I can either run the cmd's alone or from the hta, but not both? How do I deal with this kind of behaviour? How do I make these cmd programs work from the hta AND as a stand alone? Is this something that is defined in the hta, or is it a cmd issue? #Example from directorie structure. F: | +---update | Program.hta | \---Data-exe | 01-update_toepassingen.cmd | \---DataToBeCopied data.txt #Part of the the script <script language="VBScript"> '---------------------- Sub RunJob Const NORMAL_WINDOW = 1 Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") objShell.ShellExecute "Data-Exe\01-update_toepassingen.cmd", , , , NORMAL_WINDOW window.close() End Sub '---------------------- Sub QuitJob 'Msgbox "Installatie afgebroken. Tot ziens." window.close() End Sub '---------------------- </script> <body><br><br> <input id=runbutton type="button" value="Ga door" name="run_button" onClick="RunJob"> <input id=runbutton type="button" value="Stop" name="quit_button" onClick="QuitJob"> </body> #Part of the the cmd @Echo off Echo ############################### > c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt Echo update gestart door %username% op %DATE% om %TIME% >> c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt Type InfoTxt\ScreenTxt-01.txt echo Hallo %username% REM Kopieer Infosnap en andere MDL-applicaties naar de C:-schijf COPY "mdl\*.*" "C:\Program Files\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlapps\" /v/y >> c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt XCOPY "documentation\*.*" "C:\Program Files\Bentley\Documentation\*.*" /e/h/y >> c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt echo Tot ziens %username% CLS Echo update klaar op %DATE% om %TIME% >> c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt Echo ############################### >> c:\temp\01-log-IB-StandaardApps.txt Exit -- I fixed it right the first time. It must have failed for other reasons. |
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09-09-2008
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| | Re: HTA calls cmd-batch, but which path? Dramklukkel wrote: Quote: > I am making a hta program that shows two buttons: "Continue" and "Stop". > When pressing the "Continue" button, the program (VbScript) calls several > cmd batch programs that are stored in a subdirectory "Data-Exe". These cmd > programs check the existence of source directories, destination directories > and copy data from other subdirectories (DataToBeCopied) that are located > inside "Data-Exe". > > These cmd programs work fine when I run them seperately. However, when the > hta starts them they are running from the main directory (update) and not > from the directory they reside in,"Data-Exe". This means that the cmd > programs react differently to the paths they are programmed with when running > from another location. This means I have to reprogram the cmd's. This also > means that I can either run the cmd's alone or from the hta, but not both? > > How do I deal with this kind of behaviour? > How do I make these cmd programs work from the hta AND as a stand alone? > Is this something that is defined in the hta, or is it a cmd issue? > It's easy to overcome this issue in batch (presuming your windows flavour is not w9x/Me). In the batch change temporarily into the folder the batch is residing in. @echo off pushd "%~dp0" :: place your batch-code :: here popd HTH Matthias |
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