Re: Starting external programmes from Octave

[Ossi Heinonen]

On 23.10.2012 11:27, Andy Buckle wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Ossi Heinonen <address@hidden>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi all
> > > > >
> > > > > I need to open an external program from Octave. The program that I'm
> > > > > trying to open is a FEA software Ansys Workbech. I've done this in
> > > > > Matlab
> > > > > using the dos command like this and it works just fine:
> > > > > dos('C:/Program Files/ANSYS Inc/v140/Framework/bin/Win32/runwb2.exe')
> > > > > When I do the same in Octave I do get Ansys started but I also get an
> > > > > error right away and the program doesn't function properly and I can't
> > > > > run
> > > > > any analyses in it. I also noticed that I couldn't start Mathcad
> > > > > properly
> > > > > either whereas e.g. Matlab and Firefox started ok.
> > > > > Any ideas how this could be fixed? I'm running Octave 3.6.1_gcc4.6.2 on
> > > > > Win xp 32bit.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > Ossi
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > >
> > > > try
> > > > help system
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > DAS
> > > >
> > > > https://linuxcounter.net/user/206392.html
> > > >
> > > > I really can't make anything new from that. system('C:/Program
> > > > Files/ANSYS
> > > > Inc/v140/Framework/bin/Win32/runwb2.exe') does exactly the same. I'm I
> > > > using
> > > > the command wrong and how should I use it?
> > > >
> > > > - Ossi
> > > [status output]=system("foo.exe");
> > >
> > > the output variable now contains stdout from foo.exe.
> > >
> > > If it is a GUI that you are starting, you might want to use async.
> > >
> > > system("notepad",0,"async")
> > No luck. The [status output] method gives me the same outcome, it starts
> > Ansys that doesn't work. And the output variable is empty, not that I need
> > any output from Ansys, I just need to get it properly started and then run
> > some scripts. The async argumenet didn't help either.
> >
> > Are there other commands besides system/dos that could do the job?
> >
> > - Ossi
> system has always worked for me. I am clutching at straws now.
>
> system("cmd /c notepad",0,"async")
>
> something like that will start another shell, which will then call
> another program.
I'll try that. But I just noticed that the error Ansys gives mentions a 
System.UnauthorizedAccessException in the error details. So this might 
actually be about insufficient access privileges. Is it then the Octave 
that needs more priveleges?