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Title: Deleting file on the client Post by: Snorri B. on March 11, 2014, 04:50:12 pm Hi.
I am trying to delete a file on the client workstation using frontcall. It always fails. the value of delstr is del C:\Users\Snorri\AppData\Local\Temp\prentarar.pdf The call is: call ui.interface.frontCall("standard","execute",[delstr,1],[ret]) If I execute the displayed del command in Command Prompt on the client workstation it works fine. Any thoughts? Best regards, -Snorri Title: Re: Deleting file on the client Post by: Lionel F. on March 11, 2014, 05:53:16 pm Hi Snorri,
"execute" works with executable programs, not with command lines. So you have to execute "cmd.exe" and then pass the command line. The value of your delstr variable should be something like : cmd /C del C:\\Users\\Snorri\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\prentarar.pdf You can use cmd.exe /? in order to see the list of cmd various available options. Best regards, Lionel Title: Re: Deleting file on the client Post by: Snorri B. on March 12, 2014, 11:33:09 am Hi Lionel and thanks.
This works fine. Maybe I could suggest that the manuals should be more verbose on this issue :) Best regards, -Snorri Title: Re: Deleting file on the client Post by: Lionel F. on March 12, 2014, 11:53:58 am Hi Snorri,
The documentation says : "Executes a command on the workstation with or without waiting" ....indeed I agree it could be more verbose :) A good pattern is to use commands that can be executed from the Windows startmenu (in the "execute" (Windows XP) or "search" field (Windows 7)). For instance if you type "del c:\tmp\myfile.txt", it will not work. But if you type "cmd /C del c:\tmp\myfile.txt" then it will. Regards, Lionel |