os.execute(...)

MoKaLux

hope you are all doing fine
Is it possible to execute a cmd line to a program included in my gideros assets project?
For example I would like to run the fbx-conv.exe from code.
I included fbx-conv.exe at the root of the assets folder:

then I call:

local initpath = self.modelpath or "c:/" local path = application:get("openFileDialog", "Choose|"..initpath.."|Fbx (*.fbx)") -- title|path|extensions if path ~= 0 then self:getFolderPathAndFileName(path) local fbx = self.finalfile local json = fbx:gsub(".fbx", ".json") os.execute("start fbx-conv.exe -f -v -o G3DJ ".."\""..self.finalfolder.."/"..fbx.."\"".." ".."\""..self.finalfolder.."/"..json.."\"") end

The problem is windows cannot find fbx-conv.exe.

When I run the code (print) directly from cmd this works fine.

My question is how to access fbx-conv.exe from my code?
I tried |R|fbx-conv.exe, assets\resource\fbx-conv.exe, ...

Thank you for your help

MoKaLux

I kinda solved it
First I need to ask the user the path to fbx-conv.exe
then I use the path in os.execute:

local initpath0 = "c:/" local fbxconvpath = nil local path0 = application:get("openFileDialog", "Choose|"..initpath0.."|Fbx Conv (*.exe)") -- title|path|extensions if path0 ~= 0 then print(path0) fbxconvpath = path0 end   local initpath = self.modelpath or "c:/" local path = application:get("openFileDialog", "Choose|"..initpath.."|Fbx (*.fbx)") -- title|path|extensions if path ~= 0 then self:getFolderPathAndFileName(path) local fbx = self.finalfile local json = fbx:gsub(".fbx", ".json") os.execute("start "..fbxconvpath.." -f -v -o G3DJ ".."\""..self.finalfolder.."/"..fbx.."\"".." ".."\""..self.finalfolder.."/"..json.."\"") end

Now I need to store this path and reuse it

Viva gideros!

hgy29

Assuming current work directory when your app is launched is the app root folder, I would have tried to run 'assets/fbx-conv.exe'. The thing is that os.execute() isn't aware of Gideros virtual folders such as |R|, |D| or |T|.

MoKaLux

I think I tried that before, but I tried it again but file not found

My solution (see previous post) is not too bad imho, I keep it this way until I do some more testing. Thanks for your answer

rrraptor

If you REALLY want to run a program from project directory, you can use

--go to addons example, and use "studio.lua" from there Studio.listFiles()

Something like this:

function executeFile(appName, params) params = params or "" if (application:isPlayerMode()) then local status, error = false, "" if (not Studio) then status, error = pcall(require, "studio") else status = true end   if (status) then local files = Studio.listFiles() local path = "" for i,v in ipairs(files) do if (v.name == appName) then path = v.source break end end assert(path ~= "", "Cant find \""..appName.."\"") os.execute(("start %s %s"):format(path, params)) else print(error) end else local path = application:get("directory","executable") path = path .. "/assets/resource/"..appName os.execute(("start %s %s"):format(path, params)) end end -- usage: executeFile("MyExe.exe", "-f -v")

Works for player mode and exported windows application (but if assets is NOT encoded).
And remember to use addon player to make it work

MoKaLux

Thank you rrraptor for your answer It is a bit complicated for my taste, I will use my answer in previous post for now.