File.execute() not working for bat file

Question

Dear all,
The purpose of my function copyToWinClipboard (text) is to get a string directly into the Windows Clipboard. The purpose is to allow the user of my project just to paste into the open-dialog of the application EndNote. I’m not certain whether the FM clipboard (supported by the copy/cut/paste methods for Doc) really fills into the Windows Clipboard also.
In the PhotoShop script forum I found the idea how to do this.
#target framemaker
// note the blank in the path
copyToWinClipboard ("E:\\_DDDprojects\\FM+EN escript\\FM-11-testfiles\\BibFM-collected.rtf");
function copyToWinClipboard (text) {
  var theCmd, clipFile = new File(Folder.temp + "\\ClipBoardW.bat");
  clipFile.open('w');
//  theCmd = "echo \"" + text + "\" | clip"; // this doesn’t help either
  theCmd = "echo " + text + " | clip";
  clipFile.writeln (theCmd);
  clipFile.close ();
  clipFile.execute ();
Running this script provides a short flicker (the command prompt), but the clipboard does not contain the expected string. However, when double clicking on the generated I:\!_temp\ClipBoardW.bat the clipboard is filled correctly.
IMHO the execute method does not work correctly for bat files. In another area of my project-script i run an exe file with this method correctly.

Answer 1

Hi Klaus,
sorry for my late response.
execute definitely works witch batch-files
Here's a "batch" - example you can test.
There are two methods to prevent window from closing:
"|more" - kind of pagebreak
"pause"
var oTemp = app.UserSettingsDir + "\\tmp";
    var MyDosCommand = "ipconfig.exe /a|more";
    var MyPath = new Folder (oTemp);
    if (!oTemp.exists)
        var MyPath = new Folder (oTemp);
        var lFehler = MyPath.create();
    oTemp = oTemp + "\\" +"nw.bat";
    var MyFile = new File (oTemp);
         MyFile.open ('w');
           if (MyFile.error > "")
                alert("ERROR");
        MyFile.writeln(MyDosCommand);
        MyFile.writeln("pause");
        MyFile.close();
        MyFile.execute();