GUI for DOS

[earl82]

Hi i am new to this forum and am still new to autoit.

I am trying to make a GUI for PC DOS or MS DOS.

Can any one help me in the right direction?

[shanet]

You cant make a GUI for DOS because it is a command line system. My understanding of OS's that old is not great, however you could make something similar to a GUI with your typical characters? Something like as follows I guess:

╔══════════════════════════╗

║ Example text-GUI for DOS ║

║ ║

║ Lorem Ipsum and all that ║

╚══════════════════════════╝

╔══════════╗ ╔══════════╗

║ Button 1 ║ ║ Button 2 ║

╚══════════╝ ╚══════════╝

Something like that I guess?

Oh well, there is my response on the matter. Sorry if I didnt help that much.

shanet

[GEOSoft]

AutoIt is WINDOWS based and Windows must load to use it.

[earl82]

thanks for all the help i under stand now.

[JoHanatCent]

I am trying to make a GUI for PC DOS or MS DOS.

R U shure you are running Dos only?

Because if you are on Windows and only want to access the DOS commands from a Windows Gui you can.

[PowerCat]

Making menus in DOS is fairly easy.

You can accomplish most of what you want through simple batch file scripting.

http://http-server.carleton.ca/~dmcfet/menu.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=make+menu+in+dos

[OldCoder]

I am confused. Do you want to run a GUI from DOS or do you want to make a DOS GUI that runs in Windows?

EDIT: If it's the latter, then maybe this might get you started:

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$GUI_Form1=GUICreate("Command Prompt Sim", @DesktopWidth*.8, @DesktopHeight*.8)
$GUI_Edit1=GUICtrlCreateEdit(@CRLF, 0, 0, @DesktopWidth*.8, @DesktopHeight*.8, 2102468) ;BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_OEMCONVERT,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_WANTRETURN,$ES_MULTILINE,$WS_VSCROLL))
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 14, 800, 0, "Courier New")
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xEFEDC9)
GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x0000A6)
GUISetState()
$dos=Run(@ComSpec & " /k ", "", @SW_HIDE, 7)
$send=""
$def_dir=""

While 1
    $nMsg=GUIGetMsg()
    $dosgetout=StdoutRead($dos)
    $doserrgetout=StderrRead($dos)
    If $nMsg=-3 Then ExitLoop
    $tmp=GUICtrlRead($GUI_Edit1)
    If $dosgetout OR $doserrgetout Then
        If $dosgetout AND $dosgetout<>$send Then
            GUICtrlSetData($GUI_Edit1, $tmp & $dosgetout)
        Else
            If $doserrgetout<>$Send Then GUICtrlSetData($GUI_Edit1, $tmp & $doserrgetout)
        EndIf
        DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SendMessage", "hwnd", GUICtrlGetHandle($GUI_Edit1), "int", 182, "wparam", 0, "lparam", 1000000)
    EndIf
    If GetEnter() Then
        $send=StringMid($tmp, StringInStr($tmp, @CRLF, 0, -2))
        $send=StringMid($send, StringInStr($send, ">")+1)
        If StringLen($send)>2 Then StdInWrite($dos, $send)
    EndIf
WEnd
ProcessClose($dos)



Func GetEnter()

If IsDeclared("key_timer") AND TimerDiff($key_timer)<50 Then Return
Global $key_timer = TimerInit()
$g_temp = DllCall("user32.dll", "long", "GetAsyncKeyState", "long", 13)
If BitAND($g_temp[0], 0x8000) = 0x8000 Then Return 1
Return 0

EndFunc

Cheers

Edited February 15, 2011 by OldCoder