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I can't get a command script to work on macOS 14.4.1 with VensimDSS 10.1.2.

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SPECIAL>NOINTERACTION
#SPECIAL>LOADMODEL|model.mdl
MENU>VDF2XLSX|BAU.vdfx|BAU.xlsx|SaveListForGraphs.lst
MENU>EXIT
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The command script, the MDL, LST, and VDFX are all in the same directory. I've made sure there aren't spaces and tried different locations on my disk. You can see I've tried with and without LOADMODEL (since I don't need to run a model -- just trying to automate data export).

I get no feedback. Vensim opens and nothing happens. No files are created in the folder with CMD script.

I'm calling it from Terminal (and my code editor app, but I've tried both) with

[code]
open -a /Applications/VensimDSS.app Export-XLS.cmd
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(NOTE: The path to VensimDSS on the Vensim documentation website (https://vensim.com/documentation/25670.html) needs to be updated since Vensim isn't installed in a Vensim folder any more.)

What happens if you turn off
SPECIAL>NOINTERACTION

This fires up the command script successfully for me (run from a terminal prompt)

/Applications/VensimDSS.app/Contents/MacOS/VensimDSS /Users/tony/Downloads/TravisForumProblem/SampleCMDScript.cmd

Ah, that is definitely a different way at calling the script. I shouldn't use the "open -a..." command from Terminal. Just call the Vensim binary directly with "/Applications/VensimDSS.app/Contents/MacOS/VensimDSS".

I got my first script to work now.

Please update the documentation to help the next person.
https://vensim.com/documentation/25670.html

Thanks for the help!

Quick aside: Is there a way to comment a line in a CMD file? I tried # but that gave an error. I don't see any comments in the examples.

Also, if I remember it correctly, ''MENU>EXIT'' does not exist on macOS.

Yeah, I'm not getting Vensim to quit/close at the end of my script, so I think MENU>EXIT is not working.

As of DSS version 10.2.0 today, MENU>EXIT is working for me on Mac.

Exclamation point works for comments.

After updating to DSS 10.2.1, I cannot run the same cmd I've been using for the past few weeks on macOS. It feels that it gets stuck in a loop, and 'cancel' doesn't work (the OS doesn't say Vensim isn't responding). I have to force quit Vensim. I checked again, and the script works fine on DSS 10.2.0 on Windows (and it worked on 10.2.0 on macOS too).

I couldn't figure out a way to make it 100% replicable, but I have a hunch that this issue happens when there are a lot of datasets in the folder (which is what I had in my original model).

A similar error was happening when working with my original model, and I thought there might be something wrong with the variable names. But it's now isolated. It gets stuck here and won't move forward. Vensim doesn't crash either. 'Cancel' doesn't work.

Can you let us know exactly how you run the script? Do you start it via a terminal command or edit the CMD script and hit the run button?

edit the CMD script and hit the run button

I'm rebuilding now, and will hopefully get an update to you today.

Thank you!

I've updated the DSS Mac installer, it should fix this issue.