Retrieve output in the GUI

[IVIarco]

Hi all

I have another question...

Everybody in his life played (or once a time got interested) with the command promt or software written in wise C/C++...aaaaah is nice using a software without a interface,where you use just keyboard instead of mouse...but,if somebody need to use a program in c/c++ and get scaried to see a consolle...how can help him/her(mmm...her )?

The question is:how i can get in the GUI the output of a command promt or similar?Or send commands with the gui and see command promt in action directly in the gui?

[hawky358]

Look at the help for Run, specifically look at the options: $STDIN_CHILD, $STDOUT_CHILD and similar. They allow you to capture streams from the run.

I may write some sample code a little later if someone else hasn't yet, but this should get you on the right track.

[wolf9228]

  On 5/12/2010 at 5:51 PM, 'IVIarco said:

Hi all

I have another question...

Everybody in his life played (or once a time got interested) with the command promt or software written in wise C/C++...aaaaah is nice using a software without a interface,where you use just keyboard instead of mouse...but,if somebody need to use a program in c/c++ and get scaried to see a consolle...how can help him/her(mmm...her )?

The question is:how i can get in the GUI the output of a command promt or similar?Or send commands with the gui and see command promt in action directly in the gui?

Running Scripts

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/intro/running.htm

Command Line Parameters

The special array $CmdLine is initialized with the command line parameters passed in to your AutoIt script. Note the scriptname is not classed as a parameter; get this information with @ScriptName instead. A parameter that contains spaces must be surrounded by "double quotes". Compiled scripts accept command line parameters in the same way.

$CmdLine[0] is number of parameters

$CmdLine[1] is param 1 (after the script name)

$CmdLine[2] is param 2 etc

...

$CmdLine[$CmdLine[0]] is one way to get the last parameter...

Function Reference

StderrRead

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StderrRead.htm

Function Reference

StdinWrite

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StdinWrite.htm

Function Reference

StdoutRead

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StdoutRead.htm

[IVIarco]

Very good,now I need 2 find the function to display in the GUI the "hidden side of the cmd.exe"(oooh awesome) and then I (try to...)post an example code.

[hawky358]

  On 5/12/2010 at 10:59 PM, 'IVIarco said:

Very good,now I need 2 find the function to display in the GUI the "hidden side of the cmd.exe"(oooh awesome)

Like I said, you use run() with $STDIN_CHILD, $STDOUT_CHILD

Here you go, just take note that I used enter as the send hotkey here and hotkeys are global even when the window is not focused, you may want to use another way but I just used it for the example.

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ENTER}","sendtocmd")


GUICreate("Promt GUI DEMO")

$in = GUICtrlCreateInput("",10,300,300)
$out = GUICtrlCreateEdit("",10,10,350,250, $ES_READONLY+$WS_VSCROLL)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0x000000)
GUICtrlSetColor(-1,0xffffff)

GUISetState()


$cmd = Run("cmd","",@SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD+$STDOUT_CHILD ) 

local $disp,$dispold
while 1
    
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    if $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then
        ProcessClose("cmd.exe")
        Exit
    EndIf
    
    
    sleep(10)
    $disp &= StdoutRead($cmd)
    if $disp <> $dispold Then ;prevent refresh flash
        $dispold = $disp
        GUICtrlSetData($out,$disp,1)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        EndIf
        
        
      
WEnd
  
func sendtocmd()

StdinWrite($cmd, GUICtrlRead($in) & @CRLF)
GUICtrlSetData($in,"")

EndFunc

[IVIarco]

Thanks a lot dude!A beer is waiting you