RE: At my wit's end - For some reason abiword.exe will not execute via command line called via PHP4.4/IIS 7/ Windows Server 2008

Thank you Dominic,

I tried that. Same problem.
I've even run it without cmd (via shell run).

In both cases I can see the process running via sysinternals' process explorer and can tell that it's parent process is w

$command = "AbiWord.exe d:\\php44\\test.DOC --to=html --to-name=d:/testout/test.HTML";
    $WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
    $oExec = $WshShell->Run($command, 0,true);
    echo $oExec;
    exit;

This returns : -1073741819

What gets me is that the same php code runs fine on my other server (win2003).

In addition on the offended server (whichi is server 2008), the application event log shows error:

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 11/26/2010 5:29:53 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: server.domain
Description:
Faulting application AbiWord.exe, version 2.6.4.0, time stamp 0x487bbcbb, faulting module AbiWord.exe, version 2.6.4.0, time stamp 0x487bbcbb, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00282918, process id 0xb6c, application start time 0x01cb8d54dcba910b.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-11-26T10:29:53.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>6959</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>server.domain</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>AbiWord.exe</Data>
    <Data>2.6.4.0</Data>
    <Data>487bbcbb</Data>
    <Data>AbiWord.exe</Data>
    <Data>2.6.4.0</Data>
    <Data>487bbcbb</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>00282918</Data>
    <Data>b6c</Data>
    <Data>01cb8d54dcba910b</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

I did some snooping around and looks like access violation of some kind, I just can't figure what.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Lachowicz [mailto:domlachowicz@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:02 PM
To: Martin Sevior
Cc: El Shami, Hesham; abiword-user@abisource.com; abiword-dev
Subject: Re: At my wit's end - For some reason abiword.exe will not execute via command line called via PHP4.4/IIS 7/ Windows Server 2008

If I remember correctly, AbiWord on Windows detaches itself from the calling command console. Instead of calling AbiWord directly, invoke it via 'cmd /wait abiword arguments'. Give that a shot, and let me know if it works.

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Hersam,
>
> I'm forwarding your problem to the abiword development list. Sorry I'm
> a linux guy so I have idea what is going wrong here. I know that
> abiword is used in server mode routinely on linux systems in mission
> critical applications. For example our website, http://abicollab.net
> has long-running abiword processes for much of it's functionality.
>
> Hopefully someone on the abiword-devel list can help you with your
> abiword on windows server problem.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin
>
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:27 AM, El Shami, Hesham
> <HeSham.ElShami@cibc.ca> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Any guidance you can provide is much appreciated. I just need another pair of eyes or brains to hint me what else I should be looking at.
>>
>> The problem description:
>> I can run the command line fine if I log in myself (Administrator) onto the server and run it. So I know abiword works.
>> The trouble comes when I try to execute the same command line through PHP.
>>
>> Details:
>>
>> I've provided fully security permissions anywhere from local admin, network services, everyone, iis_iusrs... To both the locaion where abiword resides and to the target location where the converted file is to be dumped.
>>
>> I've also added abiword directory into the windows path and called abiword.exe by name alone (not specifying the path).
>>
>> I get an error number when executed via php using the exec function. The returned value is -1073741819.
>>
>> I've run other command line utilities via PHP from the same location and targetting the same target locations to see if permissions are fine, and that works fine.
>>
>> If I run the exact same logged command myself on the server, it runs successfully.
>>
>> I've made a makeshit log , and here's what I have: (a return value of 0 is desirable).
>>
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:13 - command:AbiWord.exe
>> d:\\php44\\TEMP\0a040e82-41cd-aa34.DOC  --verbose=0 --to=html
>> --to-name=D:/TSC/files/KB044757/44757.HTML
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed:-1073741819
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed:
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:set
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed retval:0
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed
>> arrayjoin:ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
>> APPDATA=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming
>> APP_POOL_ID=DefaultAppPool CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common
>> Files COMPUTERNAME=server-AB-1234 ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
>> FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
>> LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
>> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OS=Windows_NT
>> Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;d:\php44
>> ;d:\abiword;d:\abiword\abiword;d:\abiword\abiword\bin
>> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
>> PHPRC=D:\PHP44 PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86
>> Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 8, GenuineIntel PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
>> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f08 ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
>> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files PROMPT=$P$G PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
>> SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\Windows TEMP=C:\Windows\TEMP
>> TMP=C:\Windows\TEMP USERDOMAIN=ADP1 USERNAME=server-AB-1234$
>> USERPROFILE=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile
>> windir=C:\Windows
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:nbtscan.exe -V >
>> d:\tsc\files\nbtscan_version.txt
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed retval:0
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed arrayjoin:
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:AbiWord.exe d:\php44\test.DOC  
>> --verbose=2 --to=html --to-name=44752.HTML
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:21 - command executed retval:-1073741819
>> 2010-11-24 11:48:21 - command executed arrayjoin:
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Hesham El Shami
>> Operations Specialist - Technology Support Centre CIBC - End User
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