Running App From within ASP script not working

[Allen]

SO: W2003
Web server: IIS6 & ASP 3.0 (not .NET)

I use this simple script:
<%

RESPONSE.Write "<BR>INIZIO PROCEDURA CONVERSIONE XLS..."

'CREO IL FILE EXCEL

Set objWSH = server.createOb ject("wscript.s hell")
stringaexe = "C:\InetPub\xxx xxx\quanti\down load\ConvertXLS .EXE /S
""c:\InetPub\xx xxxxxxxxx\quant i\download\prov a.txt"" /T
""c:\InetPub\xx xxxxx\quanti\do wnload\prova.xl s"" C:\/C-4143 /F6 /M2
/N""^^59"""
Response.Write "<BR>stringaexe =" & stringaexe
objWSH.Run (stringaexe)

set objWSH = Nothing

RESPONSE.Write "<BR><B>IL FILE XLS E' STATO COMPLETATO!</B>"

%>

The same thing works when using the command line, or batch file, but not
within my ASP script. It appears to launch ConvertXLS.EXE, as it is in the
task manager, however, it seems to hang.

Please tell me, what things do I need to look at to resolve this issue?

Thank you for your attention.

Allen

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Allen wrote:

SO: W2003
Web server: IIS6 & ASP 3.0 (not .NET)

I use this simple script:
<%

RESPONSE.Write "<BR>INIZIO PROCEDURA CONVERSIONE XLS..."

'CREO IL FILE EXCEL

Set objWSH = server.createOb ject("wscript.s hell")
stringaexe = "C:\InetPub\xxx xxx\quanti\down load\ConvertXLS .EXE /S
""c:\InetPub\xx xxxxxxxxx\quant i\download\prov a.txt"" /T
""c:\InetPub\xx xxxxx\quanti\do wnload\prova.xl s"" C:\/C-4143 /F6 /M2
/N""^^59"""
Response.Write "<BR>stringaexe =" & stringaexe
objWSH.Run (stringaexe)

set objWSH = Nothing

RESPONSE.Write "<BR><B>IL FILE XLS E' STATO COMPLETATO!</B>"

%>

The same thing works when using the command line, or batch file, but
not within my ASP script. It appears to launch ConvertXLS.EXE, as it
is in the task manager, however, it seems to hang.

Please tell me, what things do I need to look at to resolve this
issue?

Probably, stop trying to do it. If this application requires user input,
then trying to run it on the server is doomed to fail.

If the application does not require user input, then you are likely
encountering a permissions issue. IIS processes do not run under your
user account. Unless your website has Anonymous disabled, the account
used is the IUSR_machinenam e account, so you need to grant that account
whatever permissions are required to run your application.

See here for better ways to create Excel files in ASP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q257757

There is also a product sold by ASPOSE that handles Excel files.
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