Launch a macro from batch file

[garlicnonions]

I am able to run my macro from the windows run command(start button>Run) with the following syntax.

 

"C:\Program Files\Macro Express3\MeProc.exe" /Atestshell

 

However I am not able to do this from a batch file. Can anyone help with this?

 

Thanks, John.

[rberq]

When I put that syntax into a batch file it works fine when ME is already running.

If ME is not already running when the batch file runs, ME starts up and then the macro runs.

If I use an non-existing macro name, ME starts up but no macro runs.

 

If wonder if you might have a path problem, where ME can't find the macro file? My macro file is in the same folder as all the ME executables.

 

I hope that helps ... maybe a clue there.

[garlicnonions]

Thanks rberq, I was using "start" before my command line. I hadn't tried the command line on its own. Just a lack of batch file knowledge. Really appreciate your help.

 

John

[Samrae]

 

My macro file is in the same folder as all the ME executables.

 

Having your macros in the same folder as the Macro Express program files is not a good idea if you are using a current version of Windows and if Macro Express is installed in a folder under one of the Program Files folders. This was okay for Windows XP but, beginning with Windows Vista, for security reasons, Windows tries to protect files by preventing changes to any of the files located in a Program Files sub-folder.