shellexecute

call to shellexecte causes antivirus to give a warning?

when ever i write the following line of code any where in any app i program with delphi ShellExecute(self.WindowHandle,'open','www.yahoo.com',nil,nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL); kaspersky 2010 beeps this message ''behavior similar to pdm.hidden data sending. detected'' why is that and how do i get rid of this note: i am using delphi 2007 upd...

Programmatically selecting file in explorer

In my application I can programmatically open explorer and select a file using the following code: void BrowseToFile(LPCTSTR filename) { CString strArgs; strArgs = _T("/select,\""); strArgs += filename; strArgs += _T("\""); ShellExecute(0, _T("open"), _T("explorer.exe"), strArgs, 0, SW_NORMAL); } My problem is t...

Shell script to copy files

If there exist a directory, /backup/ And the files in it are a.gz b.gz c.gz And another directory /backup-directorybackup And the files in it are a.gz I need a shells script to compare two directories if the files are present then ignore it and if the filesare not present copy it to the destination directory Thanks.. ...

How to get the Handle that is executed in winexec or shellexecute?

i use to create a custom function like winexec(...):Hwnd that will retun the handle of executed application. i did use the findwindow() but having problem if it change window caption. ...

.net cf - launch explorer programmaticly

I am trying to launch explorer programmatically from my .Net CF Window application. But its throwing win32 exception. I have used same kind of code in desktop .Net version, and it always worked. (I am using Windows CE 5 and .Net CF 3.5 ) Following code throws Win32 Exception, Process.Start("\\", null); Unfortunately, i am using the c...

WOW64 woes (.lnk shortcuts)

I'm using Windows 7 (x64) and Delphi 2010. I'm writing a component that will emulate the start menu. However, I've run into the following problems: If I attempt to open a shortcut (.lnk file) with ShellExecute, this will fail whenever %ProgramFiles% is part of the target path of the shortcut (it will then look at the C:\Program Files ...

Reading the output file of ShellExecute() in Delphi 2010?

I use the ShellExecute command to run an exe file which gets an input text file and returns an output text file. I've written it like this: ShellExecute(mainFormHandle, 'open', 'Test.exe', 'input.txt output.txt', nil, sw_shownormal); //Read the output file... S_List.LoadFromFile('output.txt'); Writeln(S_List[0]) I provide the inp...

How to call shell script from php that requires SUDO?

I have a file that is a bash script that requires SUDO to work. I can run it from the command line using SUDO but I will be prompted to put in the SUDO password. I want to run this script from php via shell_exec but I if I call SUDO, its not like a command line where I can be prompted for the password. Is there a way to pass the passwo...

Process.Start with 'UseShellExecute = true' doesn't return for corrupt word documents

I am trying to print pdf, ppt, and word documents from my windows service using ShellExecute. Process printingProcess = new Process { StartInfo = { FileName = filePath, WindowStyle ...

Error Expanding Script Generated Classpath for Java in PowerShell Script

Synopsis: I am trying to convert a shell script from UNIX to Powershell. The script cannot "hardcode" the path, but must instead list a directory to dynamically build the path at runtime. Also, the script must pass in 1 parameter to indicate the "type" of the run. I am placing my "attempted" re-write of the script (after much googling/...

command is not running from php script using shell_exec() or system() or exec() functions

I am working on Windows server and able to run command from command prompt c:> %convertxls% {some args....} But when I run same command from php script *shell_exec(%convertxls% ..... 2>&1);* it gives me error as %convertxls% is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I think when I ...

shell_exec() timeout management & exec()

I'm running a third party script by using a wrapper class I've written which calls shell_exec() and pipes into a file I parse later using php code. I should mention that this is working, but I am trying to enhance the functionality, having encountered a use case I hadn't thought of. How is it best to manage timeout on shell_exec()? I wa...

PHP read command from file and run it

Hello, I have a unix command written in a file and I need PHP to read it and execute it. The reason it needs to be read from a file is because the commands symbols mess up the script when put them directly in it. So far I have this: <?php $command = readfile("http://localhost/command.txt"); echo shell_exec($command); ?> Upon running...

Process hooking problem!

Hello minds,I have a piece of code where if I run a particular application,it will hook its process and injects my dll into the process space of that application.I will explain my problem with an example..Atfirst if I run MyApplication.exe,my code will hook the process of MyApplication.exe and inject MyDll.dll into MyApplication.exe proc...

Run command line program silently with c# on wince

Hey everybody, I once again need some help. I'm using the .net Compact Framework and the programming language C# to develop for mobile devices that are running WinCE 5.0. What I want to accomplish is to programmatically mount a network drive. To do so, the app runs the following code in a background thread: ProcessStartInfo startInfo...

ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true and waiting for process exit

I want to use shell executable in order to respect user preferences of application to be started, but I also need to know when that particular application is closed. Process editProcess = new Process(); ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(); startInfo.FileName = filename; startInfo.Verb = "edit"; startInfo.UseShellExecute ...

How to execute a shell script in cgi-bin?

OK first of all, I am a PHP programmer but I have never done anything with CGI and don't know what it is. I know it stands for Common Gateway Interface, but I do not know what it does or what its for. I was just told that I can upload a shell script to my cgi-bin folder and execute it. I made a shell script myscript.sh and uploaded it ...

Problem executing a .bat file at a path where folder name has spaces, in VB6

Hi everyone, I'm trying to execute a .bat file in VB6 (silent window mode) with following code. Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") cmds = WshShell.RUN("E:\My Folder\RunScript.bat", 0, True) Set WshShell = Nothing Things work absolutely fine if there's no space in 'My Folder'.but call fails if such a space is encountered. ...

Start a screensaver when explorer is not the shell

Hi, I'm running my own kiosk application as the shell (replacing HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/winlogon/shell). The application needs to be able to turn off the monitor and I was using Process.Start("scrnsave.scr") to do this. It works on my dev machine but not when the shell is replaced. It's clearly because the UseShellExecute ...

How do I perform a shell execute in a chrome extension?

I'm not finding a way to do this in the chrome.* API or even the experimental. It doesn't run through wscript so ActiveXObject("Shell.Application") isn't allowed. I fear that my only option is to build a dll with NPAPI but I wanted to see if there was a simpler way. ...