External exe call from asp.met

9 Dec 2005 4:37 PM

Gerald

Hi Group,

I want to execute a vbs file from an aspx page.
With no success.

For instance, simple script that create a text file with 1 line in it.
Works fine from commandline or dblclicking on it.

But no luck with asp.net.

I have used :
System.Diagnostics.Process
and
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.Shell

Nothing is working.
No error, no nothing.
It is driving me crazy and I wonder if it could be a security issue.

I have used <identity impersonate with an admin user. Nothing.
All examples I have found on the net are not working.

Can someone help me on this?

Thank you.

Gerald

9 Dec 2005 4:46 PM

Willy Denoyette [MVP]

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"Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Group,
>
> I want to execute a vbs file from an aspx page.
> With no success.
>
> For instance, simple script that create a text file with 1 line in it.
> Works fine from commandline or dblclicking on it.
>
> But no luck with asp.net.
>
> I have used :
> System.Diagnostics.Process
> and
> Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.Shell
>
> Nothing is working.
> No error, no nothing.
> It is driving me crazy and I wonder if it could be a security issue.
>
> I have used <identity impersonate with an admin user. Nothing.
> All examples I have found on the net are not working.
>
> Can someone help me on this?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Gerald
>

First, why do you wan't to call a vbs script from aspx? Why not simply do in
your aspx code what you are doing in vbs?
Second, how did you determine nothing is working? What exactly are you doing
in your vbs script, you don't expect to see something on the server console
do you?

Willy.

9 Dec 2005 4:53 PM

Gerald

I have a set of vbs script that work for a long time.
At the moment, the only thing I do in my test is creating a file on the
server.
So nothing complicated. I just want to be able to run the script.
After that I will see if I can go further.

Alos, when I call wscript. I can see the process on process viewer, with the
right parameters, but it is not fired
Why?

Thank you.

Gerald

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"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoye***@telenet.be> wrote in message
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>
> "Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ObxoT7N$FHA.344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Group,
>>
>> I want to execute a vbs file from an aspx page.
>> With no success.
>>
>> For instance, simple script that create a text file with 1 line in it.
>> Works fine from commandline or dblclicking on it.
>>
>> But no luck with asp.net.
>>
>> I have used :
>> System.Diagnostics.Process
>> and
>> Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.Shell
>>
>> Nothing is working.
>> No error, no nothing.
>> It is driving me crazy and I wonder if it could be a security issue.
>>
>> I have used <identity impersonate with an admin user. Nothing.
>> All examples I have found on the net are not working.
>>
>> Can someone help me on this?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>
> First, why do you wan't to call a vbs script from aspx? Why not simply do
> in your aspx code what you are doing in vbs?
> Second, how did you determine nothing is working? What exactly are you
> doing in your vbs script, you don't expect to see something on the server
> console do you?
>
> Willy.
>
>
>

9 Dec 2005 5:16 PM

Willy Denoyette [MVP]

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"Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a set of vbs script that work for a long time.
> At the moment, the only thing I do in my test is creating a file on the
> server.
> So nothing complicated. I just want to be able to run the script.
> After that I will see if I can go further.
>
> Alos, when I call wscript. I can see the process on process viewer, with
> the right parameters, but it is not fired
> Why?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Gerald
>
>

If you see the process in process explorer it means it is running right?
What do you mean with " it's not fired"? Please explain more precisely what
you expect.

Willy

9 Dec 2005 5:47 PM

Gerald

When I try to to fire wscript.exe, I can see it in the process viewer,

So my command line lookl like this:
C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe D:\Mtpath\testfile.vbs Param1 param2 param3
....

Wscript never closes (But I can kill it if I want) but the vbs file is never
called.
As the file that should be created never appears.

So, my vbs file is this:
========================
Option Explicit
dim oFSO:Set oFSO = wscript.CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
dim oFile:set oFile =
oFSO.CreateTextFile("E:\\wwweb\\supportsoft.aumediage.be\\Download\\eee.txt",
true)
oFile.writeline("Company = Hardcoded from file")
oFile.close
============================

my code in aspx.cs page is:
============================
   System.Diagnostics.Process process1;
   process1= new System.Diagnostics.Process();
   process1.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
   string strCmdLine = " /NoLogo E:\\wwwroot\\CREation2.vbs";
   process1.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wscript.exe";
   process1.StartInfo.Arguments = strCmdLine;
   process1.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
   process1.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
   process1.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
   process1.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
   process1.Start();
   process1.WaitForExit(8000);
   if (process1.HasExited) {
    SC_E.Text += "exited<br>";
         SC_E.Text += "exit code: " + process1.ExitCode.ToString();
       }
   else {
    process1.Kill();
    SC_E.Text += "NO exit";
       }
   process1.Close();
==========================================

Thanks for your help.
It will be really appreciated.

Gerald

Why doesnt he get
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"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoye***@telenet.be> wrote in message
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> "Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>I have a set of vbs script that work for a long time.
>> At the moment, the only thing I do in my test is creating a file on the
>> server.
>> So nothing complicated. I just want to be able to run the script.
>> After that I will see if I can go further.
>>
>> Alos, when I call wscript. I can see the process on process viewer, with
>> the right parameters, but it is not fired
>> Why?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>
> If you see the process in process explorer it means it is running right?
> What do you mean with " it's not fired"? Please explain more precisely
> what you expect.
>
> Willy
>
>

9 Dec 2005 7:15 PM

Zeya

There could be a security issue. Check for the exit code:
Process.ExitCode != 0
some error happened during execution.

Security can be handled in two ways:
Give ASPNET user execute rights (BAD IDEA) or use
impersonation(BETTER).

Also, try some thing simpler to execute first like: echo hello world

HTH.

9 Dec 2005 7:44 PM

Willy Denoyette [MVP]

Never ever use wscript as exe in a non GUI context like ASP and ASP.NET.
When an error occurs a modal dialog will get displayed to a non interactive
desktop, this dialog is endlessly waiting for a OK click event before it
returns, with as result that Wscript.exe doesn't terminate.
Change you code to ...
process1.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cscript.exe";
Or better throws away this script and use the framework IO classes, they are
made for this.

Willy.

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"Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> When I try to to fire wscript.exe, I can see it in the process viewer,
>
> So my command line lookl like this:
> C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe D:\Mtpath\testfile.vbs Param1 param2
> param3 ...
>
> Wscript never closes (But I can kill it if I want) but the vbs file is
> never called.
> As the file that should be created never appears.
>
> So, my vbs file is this:
> ========================
> Option Explicit
> dim oFSO:Set oFSO = wscript.CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
> dim oFile:set oFile =
> oFSO.CreateTextFile("E:\\wwweb\\supportsoft.aumediage.be\\Download\\eee.txt",
> true)
> oFile.writeline("Company = Hardcoded from file")
> oFile.close
> ============================
>
> my code in aspx.cs page is:
> ============================
>   System.Diagnostics.Process process1;
>   process1= new System.Diagnostics.Process();
>   process1.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
>   string strCmdLine = " /NoLogo E:\\wwwroot\\CREation2.vbs";
>   process1.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wscript.exe";
>   process1.StartInfo.Arguments = strCmdLine;
>   process1.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
>   process1.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
>   process1.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
>   process1.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
>   process1.Start();
>   process1.WaitForExit(8000);
>   if (process1.HasExited) {
>    SC_E.Text += "exited<br>";
>         SC_E.Text += "exit code: " + process1.ExitCode.ToString();
>       }
>   else {
>    process1.Kill();
>    SC_E.Text += "NO exit";
>       }
>   process1.Close();
> ==========================================
>
> Thanks for your help.
> It will be really appreciated.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> Why doesnt he get
> "Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoye***@telenet.be> wrote in message
> news:%233G6RRO$FHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Gerald" <gege***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uwvGZEO$FHA.208@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>I have a set of vbs script that work for a long time.
>>> At the moment, the only thing I do in my test is creating a file on the
>>> server.
>>> So nothing complicated. I just want to be able to run the script.
>>> After that I will see if I can go further.
>>>
>>> Alos, when I call wscript. I can see the process on process viewer, with
>>> the right parameters, but it is not fired
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you see the process in process explorer it means it is running right?
>> What do you mean with " it's not fired"? Please explain more precisely
>> what you expect.
>>
>> Willy
>>
>>
>
>