|ExeCommand='"[INSTALLDIR]\" "[INSTALLDIR]\"' Return='asyncWait'
Adding an extra backslash works. But as I said, THIS is not intuitive and needs to be documented somewhere.| On 12/20/2013 04:48 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Your tests need to use a path with a backslash on it. For example: > > test.exe "c:\foo foo\bar\" "c:\baz baz\quuz\" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:46 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces > > Yes, agreed. The illustration was just of one of the many ways that were > tested. > > As I stated earlier, I tested both ways including moving the quote to the end. > > And the command line produces different results than WIX. > > I just got finished another battery of tests without calling cmd.exe and got > the exact same results where quoted arguments are not being handled correctly. > > I updated the bug with the results. There is a test.c program in there that > anyone can use to test with. > > > > On 12/20/2013 04:23 PM, John Cooper wrote: >> Yes. >> >> For example, (definitely NOT endorsing using cmd.exe to start executables): >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca"\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is >> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or >> batch file. >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe 'c:\Program' is >> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or >> batch file. >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe" >> >> C:\> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:\Program Files (x86)\orca\orca.exe" >> >> C:\> >> >> In the latter case, orca.exe starts. In the former, the error message is >> self-explanatory. >> >> Using forward slashes doesn't change the result: >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is >> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or >> batch file. >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca"/orca.exe 'c:/Program' is >> not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or >> batch file. >> >> C:\>cmd.exe /c "c:/Program Files (x86)/orca/orca.exe" >> >> C:\> >> -- >> John Merryweather Cooper >> Build & Install Engineer - ESA >> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) >> Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 >> Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 >> jocoo...@jackhenry.com >> www.jackhenry.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:00 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with >> spaces >> >> Aside from all the other good points which folks have made, if there was >> some reason to do the following: >> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]"/myprogram.exe' >> >> Is the second double quote above in the wrong place, and should be moved to >> the end of the path? >> '/k "[INSTALLDIR]/myprogram.exe"' >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/ExeComma >> nd-will-not-accept-any-path-with-spaces-tp7591450p7591487.html >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your >> business. 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