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From: Nick B on 20 Sep 2006 11:31 How can i use dos command line commands within a vbs script? Situation. I have a program that allows a command line interface. That allows for reporting and teh execution of commands. I need to be able to read text from a CSV file or tab sepearted file and add that data to a commmand line command to execute commands for the application with out any intervention from an operator. so i basicly just need to know how to use dos command line commands within a vbs script. Any ideas? -- Nick
From: McKirahan on 20 Sep 2006 11:44 "Nick B" <ntbritton(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:0587677F-24FB-4E62-88B3-E62E85ED6A8E(a)microsoft.com... > How can i use dos command line commands within a vbs script? > > Situation. > > I have a program that allows a command line interface. That allows for > reporting and teh execution of commands. I need to be able to read text from > a CSV file or tab sepearted file and add that data to a commmand line command > to execute commands for the application with out any intervention from an > operator. > > so i basicly just need to know how to use dos command line commands within a > vbs script. > > Any ideas? One way is to use the FileSystemObject to generate a batch file then use te Shell object to run it.
From: Dan on 20 Sep 2006 11:57 Like this? Dim objShell: Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Run "%COMSPEC% /c dir c:\windows /s /w", 1, True WScript.Echo "Done"
From: Richard Mueller on 20 Sep 2006 12:34 Nick B wrote: > How can i use dos command line commands within a vbs script? You can use the Run method of the wshShell object. When I run a DOS command, I use %comspec% and the /c parameter. For example: ===== strCmd = "%comspec% /c dir ""c:\Program files\*.exe"" > c:\temp.txt" Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") objShell.Run strCmd, 0 ====== Note that quotes embedded in the string must be doubled. The second parameter passed to the Run method dictates how the command is run, 0 means hidden, 1 normal window, 3 minimized. -- Richard Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
From: Nick B on 20 Sep 2006 19:01
Using the below script it will leave windows open. One for each tape it blanks. How can i make it close the window? Const ForReading = 1 Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\program files\bakbone software\" & _ "netvault\scripts\testing\output.txt", ForReading) Wscript.Echo vbCrLf & "VS SVDL Blank Media" Do While objTextFile.AtEndOfStream <> True strLine = objtextFile.ReadLine If inStr(strLine, ",") Then arrMediaBlank = split(strLine, ",") Wscript.Echo vbCrLf & "medialabel: " & arrMediaBlank(0) Wscript.Echo "group: " & arrMediaBlank(1) Wscript.Echo "barcode: " & arrMediaBlank(2) Dim oShell Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell") strcmd = "cmd /K CD C:\program files\bakbone software\netvault\util\ & nvblankmedia -barcode " & arrMediaBlank(2) oShell.run "cmd /K CD C:\program files\bakbone software\netvault\util\ & nvblankmedia -barcode " & arrMediaBlank(2) Set oShell = Nothing WScript.Echo strcmd i = i + 1 End If Loop Wscript.Echo vbCrLf & "Number of Tapes Blanked: " & i -- Nick "Nick B" wrote: > How can i use dos command line commands within a vbs script? > > Situation. > > I have a program that allows a command line interface. That allows for > reporting and teh execution of commands. I need to be able to read text from > a CSV file or tab sepearted file and add that data to a commmand line command > to execute commands for the application with out any intervention from an > operator. > > so i basicly just need to know how to use dos command line commands within a > vbs script. > > Any ideas? > > > -- > Nick |