Re: Starting external programmes from Octave

[Andy Buckle]

On 23 October 2012 11:36, Ossi Heinonen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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?

The command string you are feeding system: does it work from outside
Octave, from the cmd prompt?

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