I converted all the <cfexecute> statesments to this format and they ran fine...they did utilize the cmd.exe even though the cmd.exe wasn't explicitly called with the format below.
<cfexecute name = "f:\inetpub\webroot\real_estate_data\hmls\10_hmls_batch_files\load_hmls_active_photos.bat" arguments = "/c" timeout = "5000"> </cfexecute> The format seemed to work either way. The issue I was having embarassingly was that when I rewrote the profiles for Navicat to run (such as load_hmls_active_photos.bat) I changed the other profile names from "load_hmls_agent_temp" to "load_hmls_agent_data", inadvertantly changing only the last work in the name for the other profiles. That's why I could get the first profile to run, but not the others. It was driving me crazy! And I even looked over the profile and file names to insure they were correct and didn't catch it until the bitter end. What a WASTE of time because of a series of stupid mistakes...sigh... Thanks for all who prompted my thinking! Now at last I can move forward... Rick On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > Correct. cmd.exe simply opens the window which allows you to run batch > files ... that's > > what CFEXECUTE is already doing for you. > > That's not correct at all. Batch files are run by the command > processor - cmd.exe. CFEXECUTE is not a command processor. And in my > experience with CFEXECUTE, I've always had to run cmd.exe with the > batch file as an argument. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4