Running an EXE *with arguments*

[IanC]

I'm new to PS scripting, and really pleased with what I achieved over the weekend! Stitching a lot of map tiles together using parts of the filename to determine their position.

But I am stuck on trying to run an EXE with arguments, from within a JSX. I can do it OK without arguments.

Something such as this, although the argument will vary, which works fine at the command line:
"C:\Program Files\MAPC2MAPC64\mapc2mapc64.exe" "C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\9 SP test tiles\stitched\SP.tfw"

I have searched and tried various examples in File.Execute tutorial. I'm using Windows 10.

[Kukurykus]

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system('start "" "C:\Program Files\MAPC2MAPC64\mapc2mapc64.exe" "C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\9 SP test tiles\stitched\SP.tfw"')

[IanC]

Perfect (nearly!), I had to use double backslashes (to Escape the backslash I think?).

Using a variable for the argument, I ended up with:

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var arg = ' "C:\\Users\\Ian\\Desktop\\9 SP test tiles\\stitched\\SP.tfw"'
system('start "" "C:\\Program Files\\MAPC2MAPC64\\mapc2mapc64.exe"'+arg)

Many thanks!

[IanC]

Really weird, that was working, now doesn't seem to be....

****EDIT: Now it is (silly typo).

[Kukurykus]

Yes, you are right, I did not test it, but wrote from memory - double backslashes are necessary

[Kukurykus]

Did you correct that typo in your posted code, what that was?

[IanC]

Nothing important, it was only one of the folder names in the argument Thanks again for your help.