My server is running the following:Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2Coldfusion 9,0,0,251028 Standard EditionJava Version 1.6.0_14Coldfusion Application Service Log On set to Local System AccountI'm running some command line software to generate audio for a custom captcha form. I can't get this bat file to run with cfexecute. I can run the bat fine if I run it manually and it generates the .wav file but it will NOT run with cfexecute. I had tried running the exe with cfexecute while passing the arguments and all that outputed to the page was "[empty string]". I have read pretty much every forum post I can find searching through google and can't find the solution to my problem. Please someone help me out I'm wracking my brain over this.Variables passed:FileName=NFACZMU2-050031.wavcap=NFACZMU2<cfparam name="FileName" default=""><cfparam name="Cap" default=""><cfset newString = ""><cfloop index="intChar" from="1" to="#Len( Cap )#" step="1"> <cfset strChar = Mid( Cap, intChar, 1 ) /> <cfset newString = newString & "#strChar#....."></cfloop><cfoutput><cfsavecontent variable="cmd_content">C:\TSC.exe /s "#newString#" C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#FileName# Mary (for Telephone)</cfsavecontent></cfoutput><cfset cmd_filename = "#ListFirst(FileName, ".")#.cmd"><cffile action="write" file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#cmd_filename#" output="#cmd_content#"><cfexecute name="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#cmd_filename#" outputFile="C:\testoutput.txt" timeout = "90"></cfexecute>This is the content of testoutput.txt when the script is ran: C:\ColdFusion9\runtime\bin>C:\TSC.exe /s "N.....F.....A.....C.....Z.....M.....U.....2....." C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\NFACZMU2-050031.wav Mary (for Telephone) What am I doing wrong?

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How can I get cfexecute to run a bat file? (It is not working for me)

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December 8, 2011
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My server is running the following:

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
Coldfusion 9,0,0,251028 Standard Edition
Java Version 1.6.0_14
Coldfusion Application Service Log On set to Local System Account

I'm running some command line software to generate audio for a custom captcha form. I can't get this bat file to run with cfexecute. I can run the bat fine if I run it manually and it generates the .wav file but it will NOT run with cfexecute. I had tried running the exe with cfexecute while passing the arguments and all that outputed to the page was "[empty string]". I have read pretty much every forum post I can find searching through google and can't find the solution to my problem. Please someone help me out I'm wracking my brain over this.

Variables passed:

FileName=NFACZMU2-050031.wav
cap=NFACZMU2

<cfparam name="FileName" default="">
<cfparam name="Cap" default="">
<cfset newString = "">
<cfloop index="intChar" from="1" to="#Len( Cap )#" step="1">
<cfset strChar = Mid( Cap, intChar, 1 ) />
<cfset newString = newString & "#strChar#.....">
</cfloop>
<cfoutput>
<cfsavecontent variable="cmd_content">C:\TSC.exe /s "#newString#" C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#FileName# Mary (for Telephone)</cfsavecontent>
</cfoutput>
<cfset cmd_filename = "#ListFirst(FileName, ".")#.cmd">
<cffile action="write" file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#cmd_filename#" output="#cmd_content#">
<cfexecute name="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#cmd_filename#" outputFile="C:\testoutput.txt" timeout = "90"></cfexecute>

This is the content of testoutput.txt when the script is ran:

C:\ColdFusion9\runtime\bin>C:\TSC.exe /s "N.....F.....A.....C.....Z.....M.....U.....2....." C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\NFACZMU2-050031.wav Mary (for Telephone)

What am I doing wrong?

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Dave Watts

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When I've done this before in the past, I've had better luck by running the batch file indirectly, as an argument to the command processor:

c:\path\to\cmd.exe /c c:\path\to\myfile.cmd ...

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC

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Kastion2KAuthor

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I still can't get it to work that way. I changed my cfexecute to:

<cfexecute name="C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" arguments="/c C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#cmd_filename#" outputFile="C:\testoutput.txt" timeout = "90"></cfexecute>

And I changed my bat file to have:

<cfsavecontent variable="cmd_content">
cd\
TSC.exe /s "#newString#" C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\#FileName# Mary (for Telephone)
</cfsavecontent>

The output file is showing:

C:\ColdFusion9\runtime\bin>cd\

C:\>TSC.exe /s "3.....P.....4.....Z.....8.....U.....7.....X....." C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\captcha\3P4Z8U7X-105724.wav Mary (for Telephone)

I still can't get it to run the exe. I have watched the process list while running this and the exe doesn't show up. I tried cfexecute on the exe directly before trying the bat method, with hard coded arguments, and it still didn't work. I am so lost right now this makes no sense to me.

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Reed_Powell-ttnmOb

Inspiring

Try this to get more info. Put acfabort in front of the cfexecute code. Run your script - let it create the bat file and then stop before trying to execute it. Then go into a DOS box on the same machine and execute the bat file manually, see what happens. What does it give yoy for any errors, etc.

Good luck

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Dan_Bracuk

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I suggest starting slowly and working your way up. Specifically, forget those variables for a minute. Hard code the name of your batch file and try to run it with cfexecute. Also, you mention passing the arguments, but see nothing in your code to indicate such.

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