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Executing .bat files using Run Program()

FN — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 23:38:13 GMT

I am trying to execute a .bat file from JSL but it does not work as expected.

What am I missing?

https://www.jmp.com/support/help/en/15.1/#page/jmp/run-external-programs.shtml

rp = RunProgram( Executable( "cmd.exe" ),
	Options( {"C:\temp\myfile.bat"} ),
	ReadFunction("text") // returns all text	
	);

//"Microsoft Windows [Version xxx]
//(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//
// C:\Program Files\SAS\JMPPRO\15>"

Re: Executing .bat files using Run Program()

ThuongLe — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:51:11 GMT

You're missing 1 parameter

rp = RunProgram( Executable( "cmd.exe" ),
	Options( {"/C", "C:\temp\myfile.bat"} ),
	ReadFunction("text") // returns all text	
);

Re: Executing .bat files using Run Program()

ThuongLe — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:55:26 GMT

We can run commands in MS-DOS or in cmd.exe by using cmd /c. We will also add the command string we want to run. For example, if we want to run ping poftut.com we will issue the following command. The command will create a process that will run command and then terminate after the command execution is completed. Also using ” double quotes in order to surround command are very useful.

--> cmd /c "ping poftut.com"

Re: Executing .bat files using Run Program()

Craige_Hales — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:41:44 GMT

I found a site that explained why the quotation marks are so hard.

https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Unable-to-parse-speechmarks-quot-quot-into-powershell-using/m-p/245968/highlight/true#M48328