I just remembered something about the exec task:
On Windows, the Execute class, used by the ExecTask,
itself launches cmd.exe to handle the command.
You might try executable="${vbs.script}"
On Jan 28, 2006, at 7:35 PM, Rhino wrote:
I tried adding resolveExecutable="true" and it made no difference.
What do you mean when you say to use an absolute path? I am already
using one in the 'vbs.script' property so I added the absolute path
to 'cmd.exe'. This made no difference either; the task still has no
errors but the name didn't get added to the Word document.
This is the current version of the task:
<property name="vbs.script" value="c:\Documents and Settings\Rhino
\My Documents\LaunchWdMacro.vbs"/>
<exec executable="C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" spawn="true"
resolveexecutable="true">
<arg line="\c ${vbs.script} Fred Flintstone"/>
</exec>
I'm not sure what else to try....
Rhino
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Use the exec attribute resolveExecutable="true",
or use an absolute path.
On Jan 28, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Rhino wrote:
I'm having a bit of trouble with an exec task in Windows XP
Professional and I would appreciate a bit of help from the
experts on this mailing list.
I have created a short VBScript that invokes a Microsoft Word
macro; the macro expects exactly two parameters on the command
line and adds the values of these two parameters to a Word
document.
When I do this on my Win XP command line, regardless of where I
am in the file system:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Rhino\My Documents
\LaunchWdMacro.vbs" Fred Flintstone
the VBScript works fine and "Fred Flinstone" is written into the
Word document.
However, when I try to do the same thing in Ant, I run into
problems.
When I try the exec this way:
<property name="vbs.script" value="c:\Documents and Settings
\Rhino \My Documents\LaunchWdMacro.vbs""/>
<exec executable="cmd.exe" spawn="true">
<arg line="\c ${vbs.script} Fred Flintstone"/>
</exec>
I get no errors from Ant but the name Fred Flintstone has not
been added to the Word document either. I've also tried the exec
this way but with the same result; Fred Flintstone does not get
added to the Word document:
<exec executable="cmd.exe" spawn="true">
<arg value="${vbs.script}"/>
<arg value="Fred"/>
<arg value="Flinstone"/>
</exec>
Can anyone help me figure out what I need to change to make the
exec task work correctly? I need the exec task to run without
errors _and_ I need the parameters passed from the command line
to wind up in the Word document.
I'm sure my VBScript is working fine since it works from the
Windows command line; I just can't quite get it to work from Ant.
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Rhino
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