problem with passing string inside string argument

[kk250040]

Hi Friends,

The command i want to send to the command prompt in File.Run action is /q:a /c:"install /q"
Note that this has a string inside the set of the command switches

I have done the following to run the exe and i want the above command prompt switches to be given for the exe to run

retStat=File.Run("", SessionVar.Expand("%TEMPexe%").."\\dotnetfx.exe", "/q:a /c:\"install /q\"", SW_MINIMIZE, true);

can anyone help on this. The above syntax gives me errors prompting for wrong switches.

ThankYou in advance

[jassing]

This is well covered in the help file; as well as several posts in the forums....

You need to "escape" the quote


c = "My name is \"Josh\"";

this results in a variable 'c' that contains
My Name is "Josh"

[kk250040]

Hi Jassing,

I did the same... I used the escape-sequence \" for inserting those switches into the arguments.
I tried two syntax for that to be done.

One being
retStat=File.Run("", SessionVar.Expand("%TEMPexe%").."\\dotnetfx.exe", "/q:a /c:\"install /q\"", SW_MINIMIZE, true);
and the other being
retStat=File.Run("", SessionVar.Expand("%TEMPexe%").."\\dotnetfx.exe", "/q:a /c:".."\"".."install /q".."\"".."", SW_MINIMIZE, true);

Please correct me if you find anything wrong, the exe runs correctly when i use the command switches at the command prompt, but somehow the switches prompt to be wrong when i use them from the sf7 scripts, can u tell me wat i can do for this. I am done with the task through a batch file though, but any comments how i can do this thru sf7 scripts?

ThankYou in advance

[csd214]

I am a bit “out-dated”, but I think you should check your File.Run syntax. It seems you are passing your arguments as the WorkingFolder string. If you are unsure about the result of your string, I recommend to temporarily using a dialog message box or the SetupData.WriteToLogFile action:

sArgs = "/q:a /c:\"install /q\""
Dialog.Message("Notice 1", sFile.." - "..sArgs, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);

Another tip: To make the code line more readable, you may use a combination of single and double quotes:

sArgs = '/q:a /c:"install /q"'