Rats...thats what I thought...Okay I'll get back to you on that...thanks man
> Hi Jeremy, > > I would increase the timeout and see what happens (I would hope that running > it through CF would take just as long as running it locally at the command > prompt). > > You don't need a separator (I get the feeling that CF just passes the args > straight through) so you put them as you would at the command prompt. > > cheers > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:07 PM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Sending ColdFusion Vars to a .exe > > > hey David, > > Got it working sorta it times out before it can execute everyting so I'm > thinking that increasing the time to execute the process but it doesn't > seem to be working. > > One question when passing arguments through the tag, I have it like this.. > > #Var1# #Var2# etc etc. Does it need to have any seperaters? > > Jeremy > > > Hi Jeremy, > > > > Yep, it's new within cfexecute (at version 6.1). > > > > So CF can capture the screen output from you batch file (or whatever) and > > write it to a variable (or a system file with the outputfile arg). > > > > i.e. > > > > <cfexecute name="C:\WinNT\System32\tree.com" > > arguments="c:\temp /A" > > timeout="10" > > variable="Variables.tmp"> > > </cfexecute> > > > > You could then search through the variable (in the above case tmp) and > > extract the output you need. > > > > cheers > > > > David > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:21 PM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Sending ColdFusion Vars to a .exe > > > > > > Hey David, > > > > What do you mean the variable attribute? Within cfexecute? > > > > Jeremy > > > > > If you are using 6.1 try the variable attribute - it will capture screen > > > output. Then parse out the info you need. > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > David > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:54 PM > > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Sending ColdFusion Vars to a .exe > > > > > > > > > I.....I was just reading up about that when you sent the email. I'm > > > thinking that might be the answer I'm looking for. I'll give it a go > later > > > this afternoon and get back to you. Get vars back is going to be the > > > tricky bit though....Cause the .exe produces vars that it > > > displays....mmmmm > > > > > > Thanks guys!!! > > > P.S. I can create a .bat file on the fly but its a tad messy i.e. it > could > > > easily break. > > > > > > thanks again > > > J. > > > > > > > Hi Jeremy, > > > > > > > > How about cfexecute with the arguments attribute? > > > > > > > > i.e. > > > > > > > > <cfexecute > > > > name="C:\WinNT\System32\tree.com" > > > > arguments="c:\temp /A" > > > > timeout="10"> > > > > </cfexecute> > > > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:41 PM > > > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > > > Subject: [cfaussie] Sending ColdFusion Vars to a .exe > > > > > > > > > > > > Howdy howdy, > > > > > > > > Just a really quick question fur you all. I have an .exe that I want > to > > > > send variables to via coldfusion. > > > > > > > > Currently, I'm executing a .bat file which has hard code variables. > > > > > > > > Any body know a way we can connect to a .exe and pass variables to > them > > > > via ColdFusion. > > > > > > > > Mucho Gracis, > > > > > > > > jeremy > > > > > > > > --- > > > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > > > > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > > > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
