Re: sys.execute error

[JohnQuirk]

Thanks John,
Get that syntax right and it works great. I seem to now have some
problems with security or something as the command I want to execute:
call sys.execute("hsc.exe"," -x H4 on",False)
gets executed ok, but doesn't work and if I do juts launch notepad,
it starts a process ok but doesn't populate the screen. Is there a
parameter I can pass to make it interact with the desktop, like
there is with "at /INTERACTIVE" at the command prompt?

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> Hi John,
>
> > This is taken from XLProject.org.uk and is the script I'm using:
> <snip>
> > call sys.execute("notepad.exe")
>
> This is your problem.
> You need to pass three parameters to sys.execute.
> The original script on xplproject.org.uk that called shutdown
looked like this:
>
> call sys.execute("poweroff.exe","/h
127.0.0.1",False)
>
> The first parameter is the name of the EXE file to run, the second
is any parameters, and the third must be true or false.
> If true, the script will wait for the application to close before
continuing - if false, the script will continue straight away
without waiting for the application.
>
> So, try changing your sys.execute call to something like:
>
> call sys.execute("notepad.exe","",True)
>
> HTH,
>
> John