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AutoIt program to write to a ProLite sign


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I wrote a little program using AutoIt to write to a ProLite LED sign from a Windows command line. Works great. Downloadable, with AutoIt source code, here:

http://wrybread.com/utilities

(There's a couple of other utilities there too).

Feel free to let me know any suggestions or comments.

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if you haven't already, you should post this in the 'Scripts and Scraps' forum rather than the support forum if it's not something you need help with...
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I just wanted to comment on your utilities. I noticed you 'escaped' the < > symbols with ^'s.

To do this better use the:

&lt; &gt;

HTML Code. (Of course dont forget to put your tag inbetween :))

JS

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I may be wrong but if you are referring to this line:

ECHO ^<ID01^>^<PA^> whatever message > COM1

then I believe that this is actual code to be typed at a command prompt to get the job done. The carets tell DOS not to interpret the following angled bracket as an I/O redirector, which means that the angled bracket is sent as-is to COM1.

This is a useful trick that I had never seen before -- I wonder if it also works on Win9x systems...

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Yes you guessed correctly. That is the line I was speaking of. I thought he meant he did it to escape them in the post :)

That is also a trick I am happy to learn. I didnt know this.

JS

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File-String Hash Plugin Updated! 04-02-2008 Plugins have been discontinued. I just found out.

ComputerGetInfo UDF's Updated! 11-23-2006

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Vortex Revolutions Engineer / Inventor (Web, Desktop, and Mobile Applications, Hardware Gizmos, Consulting, and more)

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