lucas cowald

Hi,
My Script to run a Command-Line from ASP does not work. No errors are
returned either.
It is on IIS. The directory where the script exists is on Drive I:, The
executable .exe is on Drive D:
Do you see any problems with the script below? Can you help me modify it?

<%
Dim objWSS
Const cCMD = "clw45.exe -i k:\o\1.wmv -o k:\o\2.ghh -w 128 -df 0 -m
2 -p"
Set objWSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWSS.CurrentDirectory = "D:\Program Files\Program\The Program\"
objWSS.Run "%COMSPEC% /c " & cCMD,,True
%>

Thank you very much for your help.
Lucas

michael harris \(mvp\)

There may be no runtime error thrown, but the program may still fail and end
with a non-zero exit code...

I don't recommend using CurrentDirectory in server side IIS/ASP. It changes
the current directory for the entire IIS *process*, not just your page.
Your page is running on just one of many threads under IIS...

So if in the few clock ticks between the time you set the current directory
and the time you call the Run method, another page that manipulates current
directory could change the current diretory to something else.

Personally, I would use a fully qualified, quoted path to the EXE and also
define the path and the arguments separately.

Dim exePath
exePath = """D:\Program Files\Program\The Program\clw45.exe"""

Dim args
args = " clw45.exe -i k:\o\1.wmv" _
& " -o k:\o\2.ghh -w 128 -df 0 -m 2 -p"

I'd also capture the exit code of what is run...

Dim exitCode
exitCode = objWSS.Run("%COMSPEC% /c " & exePath & args,0,True)
Response.Write "exitCode=" & exitCode

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Microsoft.MVP.Scripting

Microsoft® Windows®2000 Scripting Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scrguide/sagsas_overview.asp

TechNet Script Center Sample Scripts
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=38942

WSH 5.6 do***entation download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=01592C48-207D-4BE1-8A76-1C4099D7BBB9&displaylang=en

lucas cowald

Hi Michael,

I tried your advice. I get exit code: 1
But the script still does not run the command. When I do it in the Command
window manually, it runs. Below is the latest that I tried:

<%
Dim objWSS, Path, cCMD, exitCode

Path = "D:\Program Files\Program\The Program\"
cCMD= "clw45.exe -i k:\o\1.wmv -o k:\o\2.ghh -w 128 -df 0 -m 2 -p"

Set objWSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

objWSS.Run "%COMSPEC% /c " & Path & cCMD,,True

exitCode = objWSS.Run ("%COMSPEC% /c " & Path & cCMD,,True)

Response.Write exitCode
%>

michael harris \(mvp\)

When you tell the Run method to wait for the executed process to end (True
as the 3rd argument), then the return code from Run is the exitcode that
came from what was executed.

Either clw45.exe ran and exited with a 1 or the command shell itself (I
assume cmd.exe in this case) was unable to run the exe and exited with a 1.
I haven't seen any do***entation to support the latter case.

Does an exitcode of 1 from clw45.exe have a do***ented meaning?

In any case, logging on any running something from the command line is not
the same as trying to run the same thing from server side ASP code.

The biggest difference is the security context. The IUSR_machinename
account used for anonymous access doesn't have the same level of access as
the account you use to logon locally on a server.


--
Michael Harris
Microsoft.MVP.Scripting

Windows 2000 Scripting Guide
Microsoft® Windows®2000 Scripting Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scrguide/sagsas_overview.asp

TechNet Script Center Sample Scripts
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=38942

WSH 5.6 do***entation download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=01592C48-207D-4BE1-8A76-1C4099D7BBB9&displaylang=en

lucas cowald

Hi,
My Script to run a Command-Line from ASP does not work. No errors are
returned either.
It is on IIS. The directory where the script exists is on Drive I:, The
executable .exe is on Drive D:
Do you see any problems with the script below? Can you help me modify it?

<%
Dim objWSS
Const cCMD = "clw45.exe -i k:\o\1.wmv -o k:\o\2.ghh -w 128 -df 0 -m
2 -p"
Set objWSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWSS.CurrentDirectory = "D:\Program Files\Program\The Program\"
objWSS.Run "%COMSPEC% /c " & cCMD,,True
%>

alvin bruney

Do you have the appropriate permissions? A web page cannot normally access
the disk unless special permission is granted. Typically only activeX
components can run in that regard

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lucas cowald

Hi,
My Script to run a Command-Line from ASP does not work. No errors are
returned either.
It is on IIS. The directory where the script exists is on Drive I:, The
executable .exe is on Drive D:
Do you see any problems with the script below? Can you help me modify it?

<%
Dim objWSS
Const cCMD = "clw45.exe -i k:\o\1.wmv -o k:\o\2.ghh -w 128 -df 0 -m
2 -p"
Set objWSS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWSS.CurrentDirectory = "D:\Program Files\Program\The Program\"
objWSS.Run "%COMSPEC% /c " & cCMD,,True
%>

Thank you very much for your help.
Lucas