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Hi,

I need to add two RegExp statements for exclusions to the output file.

Problem is I get two file patterns that always differ and want the report not to generate those diffs. The two patters are 'server[0-9]{4,5}.xml.*' and 'tmp.*'.

How can I get the RegExp syntax in ExamDiff to do this? I can run 1 or the other but not both in the same syntax.

WScript statement I use is:
" \"c:\\Program Files\\ExamDiff Pro\\ExamDiff.exe\" " + sFile1 + " " + sFile2 + " /j:(server[0-9]{4,5}) /o:" + sOutputFile + " /no";

Are you trying to exclude files matching certain patterns? If so, you should use "fx" option, which should also allow you to specify multiple comma-separated patterns.

If you are trying to exclude certain lines that match regular expressions, use "j" option with vertical bar character ("|") to denote OR relationship between individual regular expressions.

I am such a dope....

I was doing this wondering "Why is there no output file???" when in fact I specified to only generate an output file if there is diffs found (/o option).

I was working all along and just realized it. Sorry!!

Maybe not... I removed the /no to not output a file, altered the /j parameter, and changed the code as follows:

sExamDiff = " \"c:\\Program Files\\ExamDiff Pro\\ExamDiff.exe\" " + sFile1 + " " + sFile2 + " /j:tmp.*|server[0-9]{4,5}.* /o:" + sOutputFile;
sCmd = "cmd /c ";
oRunningProcess = WshShell.Exec(sCmd + sExamDiff);
while (oRunningProcess.Status == 0)
{
Application.Sleep(1);
}

If I run them now the command window just "flashes", and no output file. I even altered the 2nd expresssion to "fail" (ie. 'blah[0-9]{4,5}') and no output is generated.

Help!??

Can you output the resulting command line from your script and run it separately from the command prompt? Could you, if it doesn't work, also post it here?

Command line works. If I get it working I'll post it back in case anyone else might benefit.

Thank you for the help!

The problem is the way the command was built. The syntax should be as follows (JScript) and it works. I hope this will help someone... :>)

sExamDiff = "\"c:\\program files\\examdiff pro\\examdiff.exe\"";
oRunningProcess = WshShell.Exec(sExamDiff + " " + sFile1 + " "+sFile2 + " /j:tmp.*|server[0-9]{4,5}.* "+ " /o:" + sOutputFile+" /no");;
while (oRunningProcess.Status == 0)
{
//Sleep for 1 second....
}
if (objFSO.FileExists(sOutputFile))
{
//Do something if there is a file output...
}
else
{
//Do something if no file output...
}