OEv11.7 / Windows 11
Hi all,
I'm using wkhtmltopdf.exe from webSpeed to convert HTML files to PDFs. While everything works perfectly when run via prowin32.exe or _progres.exe. However, I’m hitting two key problems when executed inside a WebSpeed agent:
Problem 1: Extremely Slow Execution in WebSpeed
When I call wkhtmltopdf using OS-COMMAND from a WebSpeed agent, it takes 60–90 seconds to complete, despite the same command running in under a second when called directly running from a batch file or executing from app builder.
Example code:
DEFINE VARIABLE cCommand AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
ASSIGN
cCommand = "C:\path\to\wkhtmltopdf.exe " +
"--enable-local-file-access " +
"C:\temp\input.html C:\temp\output.pdf".
OS-COMMAND SILENT VALUE(cCommand).
Problem 2: No Execution When Broker Runs Under My Admin User
If I configure the WebSpeed broker to run under my personal (admin-level) user account, the wkhtmltopdf command doesn’t run at all — no error, no output, no logs.
However, if I run the broker as LocalSystem, the command executes, but still with the 60–90 second delay.
Questions:
Has anyone encountered this execution delay in WebSpeed?
Are there known restrictions in WebSpeed’s OS-COMMAND context?
Is there a better architectural pattern for offloading command-line tools from WebSpeed?
Hi all,
I'm using wkhtmltopdf.exe from webSpeed to convert HTML files to PDFs. While everything works perfectly when run via prowin32.exe or _progres.exe. However, I’m hitting two key problems when executed inside a WebSpeed agent:
Problem 1: Extremely Slow Execution in WebSpeed
When I call wkhtmltopdf using OS-COMMAND from a WebSpeed agent, it takes 60–90 seconds to complete, despite the same command running in under a second when called directly running from a batch file or executing from app builder.
Example code:
DEFINE VARIABLE cCommand AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
ASSIGN
cCommand = "C:\path\to\wkhtmltopdf.exe " +
"--enable-local-file-access " +
"C:\temp\input.html C:\temp\output.pdf".
OS-COMMAND SILENT VALUE(cCommand).
Problem 2: No Execution When Broker Runs Under My Admin User
If I configure the WebSpeed broker to run under my personal (admin-level) user account, the wkhtmltopdf command doesn’t run at all — no error, no output, no logs.
However, if I run the broker as LocalSystem, the command executes, but still with the 60–90 second delay.
Questions:
Has anyone encountered this execution delay in WebSpeed?
Are there known restrictions in WebSpeed’s OS-COMMAND context?
Is there a better architectural pattern for offloading command-line tools from WebSpeed?
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