Your tests need to use a path with a backslash on it. For example:
test.exe "c:\foo foo\bar\" "c:\baz baz\quuz\"
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:46 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces
Yes, agreed. The illustration was just of one of the many ways that were
tested.
As I stated earlier, I tested both ways including moving the quote to the end.
And the command line produces different results than WIX.
I just got finished another battery of tests without calling cmd.exe and got
the exact same results where quoted arguments are not being handled correctly.
I updated the bug with the results. There is a test.c program in there that
anyone can use to test with.
On 12/20/2013 04:23 PM, John Cooper wrote:
> Yes.
>
> For example, (definitely NOT endorsing using cmd.exe to start executables):
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca"\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is
> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or
> batch file.
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is
> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or
> batch file.
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe"
>
> C:\>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe"
>
> C:\>
>
> In the latter case, orca.exe starts. In the former, the error message is
> self-explanatory.
>
> Using forward slashes doesn't change the result:
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is
> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or
> batch file.
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca"/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is
> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or
> batch file.
>
> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe"
>
> C:\>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:00 PM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with
> spaces
>
> Aside from all the other good points which folks have made, if there was some
> reason to do the following:
> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]"/myprogram.exe'
>
> Is the second double quote above in the wrong place, and should be moved to
> the end of the path?
> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]/myprogram.exe"'
>
>
>
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