Send Event in Windows

[nandito]

Hi Gang,

This one has got me stumped . I am trying to create a Send Event script that uses a command line application that will turn a pdf into a jpg. I want the ability to do this for every record in my table. This is the script calculation that I am using.

"c:/Progra~1/PDFtoJPG/pdftojpg.exe -i " & Items::PDF Path & " -o " & Items::Folder Path & " -r 150 -q 100"

The first part that calls the program works fine as my "Program Files" folder has been shortened to "Progra~1". Where I get into trouble is in the path for the input and output files. These are typically long name files and folders. When I execute the script, I get back an error that it cannot find the file name, which got truncated at the first "space" found.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

Thank you very much!

[Wim Decorte]

No need to shorten the path, but you do need to use quotes around the path and the file name if it contains spaces. Check out the Quote() function for this...

[nandito]

Thanks, I tried this (to test if the command line application launches) but it did not work.

Quote ("c:/Program Files/PDFtoJPG/pdftojpg.exe -?")

I get a "file could not be found" error> My path is correct.

I did try this and it worked, but its going to be difficult if I store the application o a server path.

"c:/Progra~1/PDFtoJPG/pdftojpg.exe -i " & Quote(Items::PDF Path) & " -o " & Quote(Items::Folder Path) & " -l 1 -r 150 -q 100"

Any ideas?

Thanks again!

[Wim Decorte]

Thanks, I tried this (to test if the command line application launches) but it did not work.

Quote ("c:/Program Files/PDFtoJPG/pdftojpg.exe -?")

The quotes only need to go around the path to the executable and the file, not around the parameters.

Quote ("c:/Program Files/PDFtoJPG/pdftojpg.exe") -?

should work, but if you want to see the result you need to prefix the command with "cmd /k" to keep the command window open.

Your second approach is correct.

[nandito]

It worked perfectly!! Thank you very much.