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Per E. Johannessen:
When running a cmd-file with only the line below it works ok.
address cmd "start /C /min P:\test\pdftotext.exe source.PDF input.txt"

I've tested a few other programs from VX-Rexx using "address cmd" and they work.

pdftotext.exe is in the same directory as the VX-Rexx project and the cmd-file.

I've also copied the cmd-file and pdftotext.exe other directiories and it still works so I assume it
does not depend on any other dll.

Per E. Johannessen:
Now I've also tested running the command below from DBExpert;

address cmd "start /C /min P:\test\pdftotext.exe source.PDF input.txt"

At one point it actually worked and produced a nice input.txt, actually the best so far since it
handled the special character 'ΓΈ' correctly.
Funny thing is that it worked only one time.
Have tried lots of times and don't even get any error messages.

Per E. Johannessen:
Thanks to Dave Yeo, who built version 4.01, the new pdftotext now works from VX-Rexx as well.

Dave Yeo:

--- Quote from: Per E. Johannessen on March 27, 2024, 11:24:55 pm ---Thanks to Dave Yeo, who built version 4.01, the new pdftotext now works from VX-Rexx as well.

--- End quote ---

Actually 4.05, the latest. Good that it works for you.

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