I am fairly new to FME and I am trying to pass an Excel file pathname to systemCaller so I can use it in a Python script. I need to use the SystemCaller as I am using a bat file to change virtual environment and then call Python.
What I am trying to do is get FME to just pass the Excel filename via a user parameter to SystemCaller using this statement
"C:\temp\Excel_processing.bat" --input "$(excel_infil)"
where excel_infil = “C:\temp\Excel_processing\infile.xls”
But I get a “File path is incorrect” error in the logger (not in english, so the error is a translation). I have even tried to just hardcode the input filename to the statement but get the same error. I tried this:
"C:\temp\Excel_processing.bat" --input “C:\temp\Excel_processing\infile.xls”
If i just use the statement "C:\temp\Excel_processing.bat" in SystemCaller, then I dont have any issues and the .bat/python script works as expected but I need FME to pass the filename along.
I have a bunch of echo statements in the .bat file but FME doesnt even run the .bat file, so my statement is incorrect.
Any ideas why my statement is not working?
