Error while converting pdf to htmls using subprocess

[Harish-krtrimaiq]

Hi,

I am trying to converting pdf to html using the following code

filename = ‘1_1.pdf’
outputFilename = filename.replace(“.pdf”,“.html”)
subprocess.run([“pdf2htmlEX”,filename,outputFilename])

but I am encountering
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Can someone help me

[vbrozik (Václav Brožík)]

Your Python code shows messed up. Did you notice? You have to enclose it between triple backticks to prevent Markdown from mangling it:

```
Your code will be here.
```

Also please, next time include the complete traceback, not just part of it.

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Your problem is most probably described in this post (for executable open instead of yours pdf2htmlEX):

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

The above call looks for a file named “open” or “open.exe” in the default executable-file search path. There’s no standard “open.exe” file in Windows, so this error is what I’d expect. If you want to open the KML file according to its registered file association, use os.startfile(lines_kml_flyingpath).

Also see the warning for args arguments of subprocess.run:

subprocess — Subprocess management