Problem with Wshshell.run

[dosun]

When I execute the commands below in vbscript, I get
vbscript error 2147024894 - system cannot find the file
specified. (If I change "Test Company" to
"TestCompany", the script runs OK. I would prefer to
not have to do that.)

Note: The reason I included "1, TRUE" is so that the
VB6 Program I am executing will be allowed to
complete processing before the script continues.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
WshShell.Run "C:\Test Company\vb6program.exe", 1, TRUE

I tried making the change shown below, and I got vbscript
error number 1044 - "Cannot use parentheses when calling
a sub.

WshShell.Run ("C:\Test Company\vb6program.exe", 1, TRUE)

Does anyone know how to make this work, without removing
the space in the path of program being called ?

 

[jeffatemc]

Try variablizing the .exe statement:

runThis = "C:\Test Company\vb6program.exe"
result = WshShell.Run (runThis, 1, TRUE)


result can then be tested after the fact (anything other than 0, usually indicates unsuccessful command.

Hope that helps

 

[SkipScripowski]

When you're trying to run a program where there are spaces in the path, you need to include the command to be run in quotes. There are two ways:

..using three quotes where each single quote would go, like this-
WshShell.Run """C:\Test Company\vb6program.exe""", 1, TRUE

..which is ugly, or use ansi characters-
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Test Company\vb6program.exe" & chr(34), 1, TRUE

Enjoy!
kh

 

[dosun]

That solved the problem. Thanks for quick response.