external program task

ali_hijazi — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:55:52 GMT

Hello
I'm working on Qlik Sense
there is an .EXE file which runs successfully if I double-click on it
Now I want to create an external program task to run this exe file on schedule

I put in the path the location which is local d:\app\app.exe
when I run the task it fails and I cannot know what might be wrong
is there a way to know what the error is?
knowing that in Qlik Sense there is no way to see a log file for external program tasks

Re: external program task

peter_ku — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:26:57 GMT

I had the same issue and could not directly run a .exe file using an external program task. I ended up wrapping it in a .bat file to execute it. This way, I also have the possibility to log something in order to see if the .bat/.exe file is actually executed or not.

In your example I'd put the folloging code to a new file app.bat in the same directory as app.exe (i.e. D:/app/)

set LocalPath=D:\app\ echo %date% %time% - Started app.bat >> %LocalPath%/app.log %LocalPath%/app.exe >> %LocalPath%/app.log echo %date% %time% - Finished app.bat >> %LocalPath%/app.log

Inside the external program task, I set the following:

Path = D:\app\app.bat (and left the parameters setting empty).

Hope it helps.

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