running programs form batch files

[Dark Blade]

Yep. You need to use quotes around the filename. Unless you already did...

"c:\program files\easy avi divx xvid to dvd burner\easy avi divx xvid to dvd burner.exe" /?

[blastman]

yeah i've tried that but got nothing.

I also tried doing it from a batch file i.e,
"c:\program files\easy avi divx xvid to dvd burner\easy avi divx xvid to dvd burner.exe" /? >path\avicommands.txt

but all i got was an empty txt document.

[Dark Blade]

Maybe it just doesn't have any batch commands?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

If you have a path like that and you cant use quotes, you have to do something like:
C:\Program~1\..... (i dont know the rest)
You cant have spaces in other words...

[blastman]

with quotes it opens the program but gives nothing as a listed commands.

I would have thought that since there is a list of start (/?) commands there would have been a list of parameters for the program it's self.

maybe i'm just flogging a dead horse.


i'm gonna have to wait for the company that wrote the program to get back to me. They probley already have but i'm not working till wednesday and the webmail server at the office seems to be down at the mo.

I'll let you all know what happens, but thanks very much for the time and effort that you've given me.

thanks again.

blastman