How to write a batch file using Notepad?

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Nitin Sontakke9y ago
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Furthermore, you should NEVER initialise the PATH variable because it is being used by the system. Your initialization will erase it's system set value.

If you EVER have to initialise it, ALWAYS initialise it as follows:

SET PATH=%PATH%;newValue;
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
If it has really helped, might as mark one of my replies as 'Accepted answer', please!
Dinesh Santhalingam9y ago
1. @echo off
2. SET CCREO_HOME=C:\Program Files\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100
3. SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45
4. cd C:\Users\350154\Desktop\TESTJlink
5. %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac -cp %CREO_HOME%\text\java\pfc.jar src\jlink\Launcher.java d dist
6. cd dist
7. CALL "%CREO_HOME%\..\..\Parametric\bin\parametric.bat"
It works fine.Thanks for your valuable time.@
Nitin Sontakke
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
No SET, no double quotes. Just as you would type on a command prompt manually. In fact, I would suggest not to initialise a variable JAVA_HOME if it used exclusively for this purpose. Just use the full command as in:

D:\dev-tools\jdk1.7.0_45_amd64\bin\javac -cp %CREO_HOME%\text\java\pfc.jar src\jlink\Launcher.java -d dist

That's it, I suppose.
Dinesh Santhalingam9y ago
Yes you are right .then how to write that comment in a batch file
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac -cp %CREO_HOME%\text\java\pfc.jar src\jlink\Launcher.java -d dist" @
Nitin Sontakke
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
What do you want to achieve by that statement.

Syntactically, you are not assigning the value to any variable, which is the purpose of SET statement.

It is just a execution statement as I could see from your first set of code. Then SET is not required.
Dinesh Santhalingam9y ago
SET "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac -cp %CREO_HOME%\text\java\pfc.jar src\jlink\Launcher.java -d dist"
How to write this statement.I think this is the area where my issue arise @
Nitin Sontakke
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
Okay. I never used call statement, but seems okay after I saw the documentation.
Any other issues, please do let me know.
Dinesh Santhalingam9y ago
Parametric .bat located in C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 2.0\Parametric\bin\parametric.bat @
Nitin Sontakke
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
Is CREO_HOME environment variable is likely to exist before? Assuming no, the line should be:

@echo off
SET CCREO_HOME="C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100"
Notice the double quotes.

I think you are executing the .bat file jlink-first-master folder, if yes, this batch file (the new you are creating should be in same folder. So, line 4, not required.

Why do you need OPATH, it is not used anywhere. Get rid of it.

No SET required before on line 6.

Which is parametric.bat?

How to write a batch file using Notepad?

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