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From: Jim Langston on 22 Apr 2008 05:39 das_chris wrote: > Hello all! > > Some Background: > I am studying mechanical engineering. For a project task, I have to > set up a cycle of 4 programmes interacting into each others (Pro > Engineer (CAD), Star Design (transforming shapes into meshes), Star CD > (Fluid dynamics calculations), ModeFrontier (optimisation programme) - > for those who are interested). > Between the programmes, information has to be passed on in form of > files. > As this cycle is a iterative process, it is being repeated several > hundred times. Therefore, I thought of writing a [b]Batch-File[/b], > which starts the different programmes and executes the action that has > to be done in each of the programmes. > > Now my question: > Is it possible, to control a programme, using a batch file? e.g. > opening word, loading an explicit file, running a macro and saving the > file, using the *.txt format? Google for winbatch. It used to be free once upon a time, I see it's shareware now. There are probably exactly the same ones with other names. Winbatch has been around since Win95 days. Click buttons, etc... > If not - which is what I actually assume - can this be archieved by > using another more powerful programming language? > > To go even further, can i adress options in the menu bar? which leads > to "is a windows-based program fully controlable by another, self- > written program? > > > I hope, everybody understood what i meant and perhaps somebody can > even give me some hints or even answers. > > Thank you very much for your time, > best regards > Christian > > Student of mechanical engineering, Germany -- Jim Langston tazmaster(a)rocketmail.com
From: CBFalconer on 22 Apr 2008 18:07
das_chris wrote: > .... snip ... > > Thank you for your Info. I tried to run the source code you wrote > down by inserting it into a textfile and saving it as a *.bat file. > For some commands it said that it wouldnt know them. I am also by > far not that much into programming as to be able to understand the > source text you sent. I can identify some passages, but lots of it > is just hieroglyphics to me. Thats my fault, not yours. That's why it is a .btm file. It uses features available in 4dos, but not in command.com, or any later Windoze shells. -- [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) [page]: <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> Try the download section. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |