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rlent
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16 years ago

How can I execute a DOS command from within TestComplete?

I have a tested application that I want to test loading from a command line. Right now, I call batch files to do this. This works great in XP, but in Vista and Windows 7, Windows prompts me for permis...
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Dmitry_Nikolaev
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16 years ago

Hi Robert,





To use quoted parameters, it is necessary, firstly, to add two quotation marks before the filename and after the last parameter, secondly, add the backslash symbol before and after the quoted parameter, for example:







Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Exec("cmd /c """"C:\Program Files (x86)\Path\App.exe"" username=xyz applet=\""parameter\""""")









Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Exec("cmd /c \"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Path\\App.exe\" username=xyz applet=\\\"parameter\\\"\"");