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    #1

    Executing a .bat file

    I would like to be able to click on a Action Button on a grid and have it execute a .bat file.

    Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

    Tim Barker
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    #2
    Re: Executing a .bat file

    Look at the xbasic function sys_shell_wait

    That will allow you to run a batch file.

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      #3
      Re: Executing a .bat file

      See this recent thread on sys_shell_wait: Does sys_shell work on mac os

      You will not be able to execute a .bat file on the client computer that is accessing your application through a browser. This is a security constraint of any browser-based application, and the limitation is there for very good reasons.

      Lenny Forziati
      Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
      Alpha Software Corporation

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        #4
        Re: Executing a .bat file

        I guess I was interpreting his request as executing a bat file on the server, but I can see that might not be the case here.

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          #5
          Re: Executing a .bat file

          So is there a way to be able to execute a .bat file when you access the application via a browser?

          The real objective is to execute a .dtsx package. My thinking was to create a .bat file with the command line command that executes the .dtsx package.

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            #6
            Re: Executing a .bat file

            Actually the .bat file exists on the C:\ of the database server. I'm trying to execute a .dtsx package against a SQL database. If I were able to "call" the .bat file that resides on the C:\ drive via XBasic by clicking an Action Button, this gives the user the ability to execute the .dtsx package themselves rather than contacting IT to execute it.

            If my reasoning is flawed, I will not take offense with other suggestions...

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              #7
              Re: Executing a .bat file

              You can execute a file on the alpha server through the browser.

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                #8
                Re: Executing a .bat file

                So is it something as simple as defining an XBasic function, assigning that function to the Action Button, and inside the XBasic function putting the sys_shell_wait command?

                Example:

                SYS_SHELL_WAIT("C:\dtsx.bat")

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                  #9
                  Re: Executing a .bat file

                  Pretty much, yes.

                  Depending on how your server permissions are setup, you might have to do:

                  SYS_SHELL_WAIT("C:\a5webroot\dtsx.bat")

                  Or, if Alpha is being funny about the "" which it sometimes sees as an escape character

                  SYS_SHELL_WAIT("C:\\a5webroot\\dtsx.bat")

                  Only one way to find out, right?

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                    #10
                    Re: Executing a .bat file

                    Very true. Time to give it a whirl...

                    Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated

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                      #11
                      Re: Executing a .bat file

                      I have done it and even TRIED to get the .bat to launch Access on the server in order to print a report from it. Although running non-user interface shell commands work, it will not work if you are trying to launch something like Access that seems to need to launch a user interface.

                      With a little thinking out of the box though, I finally did get it to work (ie. opening and printing an Access report on the server).
                      The command I use actually calls the windows task scheduler to immediately run a task that I set up. The task runs Access with the machine's Admin account (instead of the IIS server special user) and Access pops right open on the server and prints out the report.

                      Edit:
                      On the Xbasic side, I used this to launch the windows task:

                      commandToLaunch = "SCHTASKS /RUN /TN "LaunchInventoryProd""
                      sp = Helper::ShellProcess::Create(commandToLaunch)
                      Last edited by jgrannis; 12-05-2018, 07:14 PM.

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                        #12
                        Re: Executing a .bat file

                        Glad you got it sorted.

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