Problem Calling batch programs in SKILL

Hey guys,

I'm thinking I may have a setting wrong or am missing something here but I'm trying to call the "artwork" batch progrm  C:\Cadence\SPB_16.6\tools\pcb\bin\artwork.exe in my code and I'm using the following lines

artworkLay = axlGetParam("artwork")->groupMembers

sprintf(artCmd "artwork -f %s" nth( 0 artworkLay))

axlRunBatchDBProgram("artwork" artCmd)

However running this results in Allegro bringing up a window with a progress bar and running indefinitely (it never ends, just keeps counting the time). I ran into this once before when I tried to run the dumb_libraries program that eDave suggested to me in another post (www.cadence.com/.../1336333.aspx. Same thing happens, the command appears to run but never finishes and nothing ever outputs. Is there a setting somewhere to point Allegro to those .exe files? My guess was that the program is hanging while it searches the computer for the .exe it needs. Any thoughts? I've tested the axlRunBatchDBProgram command with calling something simple like notepad and that works fine it's just the allegro ones that I can't seem to call.

-Will