SHELL function in RTC

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• Troelsh Member, Microsoft Employee Posts: 79

  2009-01-27

  Shell is an obsolete function in RTC. Instead you have to create a COM object and instantiate it using the CREATE function.

  
  Troels Bent Hansen
  Senior Program Manager
  Microsoft Dynamics NAV
  
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• Beagle Member Posts: 8

  2009-01-27

  We use the following code:
  
  
  _commandLine := 'C:\Test.exe';
  _runModally := FALSE;
  dummyInt := 1;
  
  CREATE(wSHShell);
  wSHShell.Run(_commandLine,dummyInt,_runModally);
  CLEAR(wSHShell);
  
  In the classic client it still works with this code . In the RTC nothing happens. We can see in the taskmanager that the process is started but the application is not display.

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• Beagle Member Posts: 8

  2009-01-27

  Ok I found the solution. the above code works if I set the right parameter in the create function
  

  _commandLine := '\\*.*.*RTC\programm.exe ' + "No.";
  _runModally := FALSE;
  dummyInt := 1;
  
  CREATE(wSHShell,false,true);
  wSHShell.Run(_commandLine,dummyInt,_runModally);
  CLEAR(wSHShell);
  

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• ara3n Member Posts: 9,255

  2009-01-28

  I would change it slightly to
  
  
  CREATE(wSHShell,false,ISSERVICETIER);

  Ahmed Rashed Amini
  Independent Consultant/Developer
  
  
  blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n

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• mihail_kolev Member Posts: 379

  2009-03-24

  it's good to say that
  Name DataType Subtype
  wSHShell Automation 'Windows Script Host Object Model'.WshShell
  
  other is clear =D>

  -Mihail- [MCTS]

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• mihail_kolev Member Posts: 379

  2009-03-27

  ok, but another but i got another problem... when I try to run app from network
  
  i.e.:
  _commandLine:= '\\server\folder\sample.exe';
  
  an error msg appears:
  
  "The call to member Run failed: No network provider accepted the given network path (Exception from HRESULT 0x800704B3)."
  
  I have administrator acc. and full access.
  
  Got any ideas why so..? Any settings that i may missed? :-k
  
  Edit: I finaly found it :
  when using network pathes the command line should be initialize like that '"\\server\folder\sample.exe"'; (the double quotes)

  -Mihail- [MCTS]

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• animaconsulting Member Posts: 10

  2011-05-13

  Fantastic ! Thanks to you all for posting this - I've spent hours trying to solve this!
  Chris

  Chris
  ánima Consulting
  http://animaconsulting.co.uk

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• compwizard Member Posts: 17

  2011-06-15

  This looks like just what I'm after! Could you let me know the C/AL Local declarations you used for _commandLine etc?

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• mihail_kolev Member Posts: 379

  2011-06-15

  compwizard wrote:

  This looks like just what I'm after! Could you let me know the C/AL Local declarations you used for _commandLine etc?

  
  _commandLine -Text[1024]
  _dummyInt - Integer
  runModally - Boolean

  -Mihail- [MCTS]

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• gunshy Member Posts: 43

  2012-12-12

  Hi,
  
  I have the same problem, but my external apps/exe requires a parameter.
  How can I pass a parameter?
  
  Thanks

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• yukon Member Posts: 361

  2012-12-13

  Hi gunshy,
  
  Please try with below code.
  

  Name	DataType	Subtype	Length
  DNETSysDiagProcess	DotNet	System.Diagnostics.Process.'System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'	
  
  //DNETSysDiagProcess.Start(string fileName, string arguments);
  DNETSysDiagProcess := DNETSysDiagProcess.Start('cmd.exe','/?');
  

  
  Best Regards,
  Yukon

  Make Simple & Easy

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