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execute a windows executable located in Program Files

Question asked by marcogeerligs on Mar 4, 2013
Latest reply on Jul 23, 2013 by adrianc

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Hi All,

I need to execute a windows excutable located in c:\Program Files.

In btbasic I did:

Name$ = ¨Dummy¨
execute ¨c:\\Program Files\\ASIX\\UP\\up.exe -¨&Name$

the result is:

c:\Program: not found.

This is caused by ksh (forbidden ¨space¨ in filename.)

Does someone know how to do this ??

regards,

Marco.

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dbailey Apr 2, 2013 10:42 AM
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If you want to use the literal path and make sure the syntax is accurate, one way is to create a shortcut to the executable and then open the shortcut properties and cut and paste the property path.

Another issue - permissions? Do you need to give the operator login permission to execute programs from the Program Files folder?

I'm not an IT person, so good luck!
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rmsais Jul 19, 2013 1:14 PM
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For basic, normally the paths are: "C:/Program Files/ASIX/" Only one "/"
The name"Program Files" are separated in your code, I think that Basic do not permit these syntax.

I normally use scripts to execute programs because is more easy and the programs are not executed on Basic Windows

You could try using an script to execute your program

example: I have the next code in Basic:

execute "C:/Agilent_ICT/Logs_parame/start_parame.bat"

The start_parame.bat has the next code to execute any program that I want.

start /I /MIN C:\Agilent_ICT\Logs\Parame.exe
exit

Saludos...
RM
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- adrianc @ rmsais on Jul 23, 2013 2:50 AM
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  Hi everyone,
  you may be interested in this trick ...
  
  Firstly, if you go to a ksh window you want to change the directory to C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP directory, notice that the following command will not work.
  
       *$ cd C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP*
  
  you would have to key in the command in this way ...
  
       *$ cd "C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP"*
  
  with the quote marks, because you want the "cd" command to know that "Program Files" is actually one instead of seperated.
  
  Similiarly with BT-BASIC. You need to add the quote marks into the command. So, the "execute" statement would look like ...
  
       *execute """C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP/up.exe"""*
  
  where the first quote mark is the start of the parameter
  The second and third quote mark will translate to only one quote mark by BT-Basic, so the resulting shell command will look like
  
       *"C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP/up.exe"*      (with the quotes)
  
  it will work with variables too...
  
       *Dir$ = """C:/Program Files/ASIX/UP/up.exe"""*
       *execute Dir$*
  
  ... Have fun.
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