Hello guys.

I have a problem with Runshell (alaska xbase 1.9). 

"Program1.exe" uses Runshell to execute "Program2.exe" which transforms a file 
xxxx.html, and everything works fine when "Program1.exe" is executed from the 
command line or from my Win 7 desktop.

I also have "Program0.exe", a general menu used to launch different programs, 
one of which is "Program1.exe". When "Program0.exe" executes "Program1.exe" 
through Runshell(), then "Program2.exe" shows a message of not allowed access 
to file xxxx.html.

In other words:
"Program1.exe" -> RunShell("Program2.exe") = works fine and I get xxxx.html 
transformed

"Program0.exe" -> RunShell("Program1.exe") -> Runshell("Program2.exe") = fails 

Both alternatives run with the same user/pass credentials (as administrator) 
but it seems that the second call to Runshell loses the credentials or 
something like that.

I tried with many different sintaxes for Runshell():
RunShell("/C Program2.exe xxxx.html")
RunShell("xxxx.html","Program2.exe",.f.,.t.)
RunShell("/C start Program2.exe xxxx.html")
and always get the same result.

Is there something I'm missing about system configuration or environment?

Thank you very much.
Ricardo

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:50:29 +0100, Ricardo Cayssials wrote:

>Hello guys.
>
>I have a problem with Runshell (alaska xbase 1.9). 
>
>"Program1.exe" uses Runshell to execute "Program2.exe" which transforms a file 
>xxxx.html, and everything works fine when "Program1.exe" is executed from the 
>command line or from my Win 7 desktop.
>
>I also have "Program0.exe", a general menu used to launch different programs, 
>one of which is "Program1.exe". When "Program0.exe" executes "Program1.exe" 
>through Runshell(), then "Program2.exe" shows a message of not allowed access 
>to file xxxx.html.
>
>In other words:
>"Program1.exe" -> RunShell("Program2.exe") = works fine and I get xxxx.html 
>transformed
>
>"Program0.exe" -> RunShell("Program1.exe") -> Runshell("Program2.exe") = fails 
>
>Both alternatives run with the same user/pass credentials (as administrator) 
>but it seems that the second call to Runshell loses the credentials or 
>something like that.
>
>I tried with many different sintaxes for Runshell():
>RunShell("/C Program2.exe xxxx.html")
>RunShell("xxxx.html","Program2.exe",.f.,.t.)
>RunShell("/C start Program2.exe xxxx.html")
>and always get the same result.
>
>Is there something I'm missing about system configuration or environment?
>
>Thank you very much.
>Ricardo

Is program1.exe accessing the HTML file and not closing it before
calling program2.exe?

Tim Callahan wrote in message 
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>On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:50:29 +0100, Ricardo Cayssials wrote:
>
>>Hello guys.
>>
>>I have a problem with Runshell (alaska xbase 1.9). 
>>
>>"Program1.exe" uses Runshell to execute "Program2.exe" which transforms a 
file 
>>xxxx.html, and everything works fine when "Program1.exe" is executed from 
the 
>>command line or from my Win 7 desktop.
>>
>>I also have "Program0.exe", a general menu used to launch different 
programs, 
>>one of which is "Program1.exe". When "Program0.exe" executes "Program1.exe" 
>>through Runshell(), then "Program2.exe" shows a message of not allowed 
access 
>>to file xxxx.html.
>>
>>In other words:
>>"Program1.exe" -> RunShell("Program2.exe") = works fine and I get xxxx.html 
>>transformed
>>
>>"Program0.exe" -> RunShell("Program1.exe") -> Runshell("Program2.exe") = 
fails 
>>
>>Both alternatives run with the same user/pass credentials (as administrator) 
>>but it seems that the second call to Runshell loses the credentials or 
>>something like that.
>>
>>I tried with many different sintaxes for Runshell():
>>RunShell("/C Program2.exe xxxx.html")
>>RunShell("xxxx.html","Program2.exe",.f.,.t.)
>>RunShell("/C start Program2.exe xxxx.html")
>>and always get the same result.
>>
>>Is there something I'm missing about system configuration or environment?
>>
>>Thank you very much.
>>Ricardo
>
>Is program1.exe accessing the HTML file and not closing it before
>calling program2.exe?

Hello Tim.
No, it is not. Nobody is accessing the HTML file, just Program2.exe.
I used "openfiles" to check that, just in case there was an open file handle.
Thank you.

Ricardo Cayssials wrote:
> 
> Hello Tim.
> No, it is not. Nobody is accessing the HTML file, just Program2.exe.
> I used "openfiles" to check that, just in case there was an open file handle.
> Thank you.

This might be caused by a ton of things, including antivirus software...

Can you provide a small sourcecode sample to illustrate/reproduce the
problem?

regards
thomas

On Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:32:20 +0100, Thomas Braun wrote:

Disabling the AV software and testing it is a great idea. We actually
had an instance of AV software holding a file open, even when it
appeared we deleted it. Excluding this file's containing folder from
the AV software fixed the issue.

>Ricardo Cayssials wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Tim.
>> No, it is not. Nobody is accessing the HTML file, just Program2.exe.
>> I used "openfiles" to check that, just in case there was an open file handle.
>> Thank you.
>
>This might be caused by a ton of things, including antivirus software...
>
>Can you provide a small sourcecode sample to illustrate/reproduce the
>problem?
>
>regards
>thomas

Tim Callahan wrote in message 
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>On Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:32:20 +0100, Thomas Braun wrote:
>
>Disabling the AV software and testing it is a great idea. We actually
>had an instance of AV software holding a file open, even when it
>appeared we deleted it. Excluding this file's containing folder from
>the AV software fixed the issue.
>
>>Ricardo Cayssials wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Tim.
>>> No, it is not. Nobody is accessing the HTML file, just Program2.exe.
>>> I used "openfiles" to check that, just in case there was an open file 
handle.
>>> Thank you.
>>
>>This might be caused by a ton of things, including antivirus software...
>>
>>Can you provide a small sourcecode sample to illustrate/reproduce the
>>problem?
>>
>>regards
>>thomas

Hello Tim.
The problem dissapeared when I was making a small sample to post. I guess 
avast antivirus had something to do with that, but I am not sure.
Thank you very much.
Regards
Ricardo

Thomas Braun wrote in message 
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>Ricardo Cayssials wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Tim.
>> No, it is not. Nobody is accessing the HTML file, just Program2.exe.
>> I used "openfiles" to check that, just in case there was an open file 
handle.
>> Thank you.
>
>This might be caused by a ton of things, including antivirus software...
>
>Can you provide a small sourcecode sample to illustrate/reproduce the
>problem?
>
>regards
>thomas

Hello Thomas.
The problem dissapeared. I guess avast antivirus had something to do with 
that, but I am not sure.
Thank you very much.
Regards
Ricardo