Running command in new window

[phoenix_ml]

HI All,

In my installation I need to start up the BEA Weblogic in a different window, however, I have tried using the command line and script/batch file commands with /K but it is not triggering a new window and have tried running the commands in an infinite loop within the installer (the option to wait until process is completed is ticked)

I have even tried creating a temporary batch file with the following and then executing the script/batch file action but still it does not work

cd C:\temp\
run.bat

where run.bat has the following commands in it
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /K C:\bea\user_projects\domains\test\bin\startWeblogic.cmd

Any advice would be appreciated

thank!

[purcellk24]

I create a WLST .py file and execute

java weblogic.WLST startup.py

In that py file, I have a timeout, so if it doesn't start after so long, it gives an exit code which I then look for. I then configure WL and shut it down.

But if you want to keep it running, I wrote custom code which basically uses the ANT project and ExecTask with setSpawn(true) while launching the startWebLogic.cmd file. I don't know if it is the best way, but it works for me.

  public void install(InstallerProxy ip) throws InstallException
  {
    // Get IA variables
    String domainDirName = ip.substitute("$WL_DOMAIN_DIR$");
    //String domainName = ip.substitute("$WL_DOMAIN_NAME$");
    String logFileName = domainDirName + "/adminserver.log";
    boolean isWindows = ((System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase()).indexOf("win") > -1);

    // Initialize Ant project
    Project p = new Project();
    p.init();
    
    // Setup re-direct file and workinf dir
    Variable envRedirectLog = new Variable();
    envRedirectLog.setKey("WLS_REDIRECT_LOG");
    envRedirectLog.setValue(logFileName);
    
    File domainDir = new File(domainDirName);
    ExecTask et = new ExecTask();
    et.setProject(p);
    et.setSpawn(true);
    et.setDir(domainDir);
    et.addEnv(envRedirectLog);
    
    // Create Arguments to execute
    Argument commandLine = et.createArg();
    boolean resolveExecutable = false;
    String executable = null;
    String argValue = null;
    if (isWindows)
    {
      resolveExecutable = true;
      executable = "cmd.exe";
      argValue = "/c " + domainDir.getAbsolutePath() + "\\startWebLogic.cmd";
    }
    else
    {
      resolveExecutable = false;
      executable = "/bin/sh";
      argValue = domainDir.getAbsolutePath() + "/startWebLogic.sh";
      commandLine.setValue("-c");
    }
    
    et.setExecutable(executable);
    et.setResolveExecutable(resolveExecutable);
    commandLine.setValue(argValue);
    
    et.execute();
    
    // Sleep for linux startups or it goes too quickly
    try
    {
      Thread.sleep(5000);
    }
    catch (InterruptedException e)
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

[phoenix_ml]

Thanks heaps for that purcell!