I had a similar issue with cfexecute just yesterday calling an ANT script.
cfexecute would, execute, no errors and a dump of the variable was blank. I rebooted the server and the problem just went away... Which is troubling... but manageable for my issue. Can you try to reproduce this on another machine? =] On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Mike Greider <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi all, > > Running into some issues with <cfexecute>. I have a utility that takes a > XLS document and creates an old school DBF file for use in a third party > system. > > If I run the following from the command line: > [pathname]dbfview.exe -I[pathname]/myExcel.xls -O[pathname]/myDbf.dbf > -XLStoDBF -HEADERS=0 > > All works fine. It takes less than a second for this to execute and create > the new DBF file. But when I pull into CF and try to use <cfexecute> I > haven't been achieving success. > > I've tried ... > > <cfexecute name="c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe" arguments="/c > [pathname]dbfview.exe -I[pathname]/myExcel.xls -O[pathname]/myDbf.dbf > -XLStoDBF -HEADERS=0" variable="dirResult" timeout="10" /> > > And every various combination I can think of. There is nothing in the > output or error variables. I hear a Windows system beep in the background > immediately after I execute the page though. So there seems like there is a > problem. Just not sure what that problem is or how to figure it out. > > I see the dbfview.exe process in task manager, so I know it's at least > calling the right executable. > > Any thoughts? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
