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  Posted: Sep 02, 2006 - 03:14 AM

  I would like to link a DOS application in my Intranet but, how to specifie a directory for the process to start in... the application is a (.exe file) that needs this path to load seconday files.
  
  Ideas??

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 02, 2006 - 06:05 AM

  Making a .bat,
  with a cd to your directory and then launching the exe (in the same .bat),
  the exe is going to take the changed directory path as worked directory.
  

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 03, 2006 - 02:49 AM

  Could work but, my application is on the client side... I'll try.
  Thanks.

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  Posted: Sep 05, 2006 - 03:16 AM

  well... I've created a .bat file on the server and the link works putting it direcly on the IE client
  file:\\servername\share\PN\applications\xxx.bat
  
  but adding this line on dynamenu doesn't work 'cus is being changed automatically to
  file:\\\\servername\\share\\PN\\applications\\xxx.bat
  
  Why "postnuke or dynamenu" is adding this slashes ???
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 03:20 AM

  I've managed to call a .bat file using dynamenu using instead file:\\
  just put applications/XXX.bat at Dynamenu and the result was
  http://servername/pn/applications/XXX.bat
  
  but I got the message The page cannot be found on IE
  the correct result should be a DOS window calling my application
  
  How can I fix that? Any suggestions?

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 03:28 AM

  This not the way to launch server files, you have to do from server side, (e.g. through a PHP script)
  
  you can use some as this: exec("c:\utils\some.bat");
  
  but as is running on server the output is on the server,...

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 03:55 AM

  the .bat file is on the server but, the application called is on the client
  
  anyway the problem that is happening is: the application doesn't start
  
  Do I need to change some settings on IIS??

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 04:43 AM

  is more easier link as: file://c:/util/file.bat
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 04:53 AM

  Yes, and that works but not thru the dynamenu, maybe it's a syntax problem there, check my previous notes about it.
  Thanks for your help I hope we can find a solution...
  

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  Posted: Sep 12, 2006 - 02:26 AM

  I found a solution! Instead put the DOS batch file on the Server side keep it on a shared network drive.
  
  Set the dynamenu link to: file:///P:/Public/XXX.bat
  
  
  
  edited by: lzucco, Sep 12, 2006 - 09:27 AM

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