Writing to consoles

[darkjohn20]

I have a main GUI application that I want to call a few command prompts to display data in them.

$hCMD = Run("cmd.exe", "", @SW_SHOW, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
StdinWrite($hCMD, "echo Hello" & @CRLF)

I've tried both $STDIN_CHILD alone and $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD, but neither work.

I noticed that:

$hCMD = Run("cmd.exe", "", @SW_SHOW, $STDIN_CHILD)
StdinWrite($hCMD, "echo Hello" & @CRLF)

Writes "Hello" to the Scite console, and writes nothing when compiled.

What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Fixed my examples to include &CRLF in StdinWrite.

Edited June 17, 2010 by darkjohn20

[UEZ]

You have to use #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=y!

Try this:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=y
#include <Constants.au3>
$hCMD = Run("cmd.exe", "", @SW_SHOW, $STDIN_CHILD)
StdinWrite($hCMD, "echo Hello" & @CRLF)

Exit

Compile and run it in CMD!

BR,

UEZ

Edited June 17, 2010 by UEZ

[darkjohn20]

"I have a main GUI application"

The main program needs to be a GUI application, it cannot be a CUI. I want it to create a few command prompts that it can write to.

I don't want to use them for actual commands, such as "ping" or "tree", but rather just to display information.

[UEZ]

You can still use GUIs but ConsoleWrite will prompt directly to CMD!

The only disadvantage I see is when you start the exe it will open CMD and it will close not until the exe has been closed first.

BR,

UEZ

[darkjohn20]

And what if I need to output to multiple different CMD windows? I would like to have my main GUI control about 3 cmd windows, which wouldn't necessarily be running all of the time.

Edited June 17, 2010 by darkjohn20

[bo8ster]

And what if I need to output to multiple different CMD windows? I would like to have my main GUI control about 3 cmd windows, which wouldn't necessarily be running all of the time.

That is possible however main program would have to spawn the CMD windows, know their pids then write to the cmd windows. I question the use of that. If you want to output information, use there different log files.

If you want to interface to another cmd program then you will have your work cut out for you. As for the first post, there is a UDF for diskpart here http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=26230 which may help.

Edited June 21, 2010 by bo8ster

[darkjohn20]

I solved the issue.

I created a separate script that would run as a CUI, and ConsoleWrite any text written to a hidden window with ControlSetText.

I've decided that a few CMD windows is too messy anyway, so I've abandoned the idea. Thanks anyway.

[ProgAndy]

If you need the cmd-window just for output, you also could create a custom GUI with a textbox in read-only mode.

Then you could use _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText to append data.

[Richard Robertson]

One process can't allocate more than one console. How would you even manage to do that?