Command Line Compare

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   Trying to run a command line compare using the following:

FormsTool.exe /COMPARE /MODULE1="N:\SHARED\DDS1\Software Repository\BASELINE\R007V260\source\dds_fusersetup.fmb" /MODULE2="N:\SHARED\DDS1\Software Repository\BASELINE\R007V265\source\dds_fusersetup.fmb" /PROP="All Properties" /showunchanged

When the command comes back I get the following error:

exception message : Invalid parameter: ▸ Old file does not exist ▸ New file does not exist.
I have checked numerous times and the path to the file exists.

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Bob Watson Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 08-July-2014 Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Watson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Command Line Compare Posted: 20-November-2014 at 11:32am
	Trying to run a command line compare using the following: FormsTool.exe /COMPARE /MODULE1="N:\SHARED\DDS1\Software Repository\BASELINE\R007V260\source\dds_fusersetup.fmb" /MODULE2="N:\SHARED\DDS1\Software Repository\BASELINE\R007V265\source\dds_fusersetup.fmb" /PROP="All Properties" /showunchanged When the command comes back I get the following error: exception message : Invalid parameter: ▸ Old file does not exist ▸ New file does not exist. I have checked numerous times and the path to the file exists.
	Bob

administrator Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Stefan Mueller Joined: 25-January-2003 Location: New Zealand Points: 1049	Post Options Post Reply Quote administrator Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22-November-2014 at 6:09am
	Bob, The command line looks correct - i only changed the filenames to some moduls i have on my computer and that exact command line of yours works. There are 3 scenarios that i can think of that could cause a problem: 1.) some networkshares only initialize and have access to the files once you access them from within file explorer. I sometimes run into this problem with one of the FTP programs i use (FileZilla FTP Client). it launches from the same directory that i last accessed when i closed the program .. but if this is a network share that i haven't accessed yet before starting the FTP program then this will fail. 2.) Where do you call FormsTool from? ... from a cmd/bat file? .. or from within an executable? Executables sometimes require two double quotes instead of just one. 3.) The filenames are indeed incorrect - i checked my code and i really only raise this exception message if i can't access the files, so they are definitely not accessible (false location or access-credentials). Regards, Stefan

Bob Watson Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 08-July-2014 Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob Watson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03-December-2014 at 8:55am
	I have checked the file names several times and they are correct.
	Bob

administrator Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Stefan Mueller Joined: 25-January-2003 Location: New Zealand Points: 1049	Post Options Post Reply Quote administrator Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-December-2014 at 2:58am
	Dear Bob, i am sorry - i still don't see where the problem can be - my code looks pretty solid. I am just about to release a new build next week and will add some conditional debug code in the compare commandline that hopefully gives us some more information about what's going wrong! Regards, Stefan