how to open datafiles with an exe-file

Hi, I have an exe-file, which converts datafiles in a special format into csv files. To use it, I drag and drop the datafiles on to the exe file, and the exe file converts it, and saves the generated csv in the same folder as the datafile. I would like to generate a script, to do the conversion automatically. Does anyone have an idea how to do this ? Thanks Hans

Answer 1

[KL]

!your_program.exe your_file

[Hans Jørgen Jensen]

thank you very much, it works wonderfully :-)

Answer 2

[Hans Jørgen Jensen]

Hi again, not sure if I should ask a related question in the same thread, but I'll try. Above I learned how to run a file with an external application. And that works. My next challenge, is to change the destination file so the routine converts one file after another. I worked out the code below, to find the path of the next file in my folder, but the command does not accept it as a valid file name. As an example, it should look like this:

!C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\DLConverter.exe C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\CA\TMWMU645.228

where the filename gets updated

Here is what I have:

% Specify data location

dataloc = 'C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\';

location1 = fullfile(dataloc,'CA');

[M,N] = size(dir(location1)) % Number of datalog files

for i = 1:M

files=dir(location1);

files1=files(M,1)

files2=files1.name

[PATHSTR,NAME,EXT] = fileparts(files2)

files3 = fullfile(location1,[NAME EXT])

% Convert datalog files to CSV

!C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\DLConverter.exe files3

end

COMMAND WINDOW:

files1 =

struct with fields:

       name: 'TMWMU645.228'
     folder: 'C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\CA'
       date: '13-jan-2015 09:36:14'
      bytes: 25584
      isdir: 0
    datenum: 7.3598e+05

files2 =

    'TMWMU645.228'

PATHSTR =

0×0 empty char array

NAME =

    'TMWMU645'

EXT =

    '.228'

files3 =

    'C:\Users\hjj019\Desktop\CA\TMWMU645.228'

Error: Could not open file files3

So my question is: How can I insert an updating filename in my file conversion command ?