Execute EXE from ASPX

[tqeonline]

I have a web server hosting a website. I want there to be a page that is able to execute a script on that server.

I created a page called "Report.aspx" that has 1 button named Button1 (for now)

here is the code i have

Imports System.Diagnostics
Partial Class Report
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim p As New Process
        p.StartInfo.FileName = "e:/Dashboard Edit/Bin/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf.exe"

        Dim url As String = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://sqadashboard.int.asurion.com/Release_Status/Current_Releases.aspx"[/URL]
        Dim outputFile As String = "E:/Dashboard Edit/Reports/Dashboard.pdf"

        p.StartInfo.Arguments = url & " " & outputFile

        p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
        p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
        p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
        p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
        p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "e:/Dashboard Edit/Bin/wkhtmltopdf/"
        p.Start()

        p.WaitForExit(60000)
        p.Close()

    End Sub
End Class

I click the button and there are no errors but there is also no output in the "Reports" directory.

The webpage is acting as the user for that computer.

Am i missing something?

- Matt

"If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness"

- Windows 2003 Server, 98 SE, XP
- VB.NET, VSTS 2010, ASP.NET, EXCEL VBA, ACCESS, SQL 2008

 

[ca8msm]

It could be a permissions issue, I'd check with your web hosting company that you are allowed to execute this file on the server and also check that the user your website is running under actually has permissions to the folders.

Mark,

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