System Exec.vi

[NoShelter]

PC is running Windows10.

I'm usingLabVIEW 2017.

I  have installed PdfCreator v, 4.4.0  (free version).

When i run 

               PDFcreator-cli.exe

from a Windows shell, I got:

But if I run the same sw using "System Exec.VI" I got:

 

Can anyone give me some hints?

[aputman]

Have you tried putting 'cmd /c' at the beginning of the command line input?

[aeastet]

You could use the example that is provided by NI:

I believe aputman is correct on the need for cmd /c to make this work. 

[NoShelter]

Ty aputman.

 I think you are right, but putting "cmd /c" before the .exe name, don't change the result.

[NoShelter]

Hey aeastet.

I forgot to check the examples!

Anyway, I posted  a simplified version of the problem.

LabVIEW create a batch file (.bat), in which some files are moved in a folder, and then  PDFCreator-cli.exe merge some .pdf files.

LabVIEW call System Exec.vi to run the batch file.

When I run LabVIEW .vi,  i got that files are correctly  moved as I expected, but .pdf are not merged.

The call to System Exec.vi, always return in standard error:

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.IOException: The handle is invalid.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.Console.GetBufferInfo(Boolean throwOnNoConsole, Boolean& succeeded)
at pdfforge.PDFCreator.UI.CLI.Program.ConfigureParser()
at pdfforge.PDFCreator.UI.CLI.Program.<Main>d__0.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at pdfforge.PDFCreator.UI.CLI.Program.<Main>(String[] args)

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Running the batch file manually, doubleclicking on it, always works fine.

bye

In the standard error output there is always the same message:

[Yamaeda]

Add the correct path as Start/default folder. Since Windows 7 it's been pickier about that.

[NoShelter]

Hi Yamaeda,

I don't know exactly what "correct path" mean, but I think that the problem can be related to  access privileges to system folders..., so I tried copying the full tree of

     c:\program files\PDFCreator

to

    d:\PDFCreator

Then i ran the PDFCreator-cli.exe from the new path, but I got the same error.

ty

bye

[zou]

Other alternative to consider:

1. Create a batch file, put your command in it.  Make sure it works in Windows.  Call the batch file using System Exec.vi

Or

2. Create a shortcut, configure it properly (for example: run as admin, etc.).  Call it in System Exec.vi.