Pass an input to program triggered under cmd prompt

[ragupta]

I have a shortcut which trigger powershell.exe with some arguments. After launching this shortcut I need to fire some commands on this window and get the output to make sure if the commands are working fine or not.

Let say I have a shorcut icon desctop ... i.e. xyz.lnk

When I doble click it launches console with below content

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C:\Program Files (x86)\xyz>C:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -File .\StartxyzPS.ps1

Windows PowerShell

Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:/>

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I can launch using shellexecute but not sure how to pass commands to it

ShellExecute("C:\Users\Public\Desktop\xyz.lnk")

Also when I use Run , cmd prompt closes and script exit before I could use stdinwrite function.

Local $pid = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & '"C:\Users\Public\Desktop\xyz.lnk"', "", @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

Please advise.

[abberration]

How about running the program directly? I don't have PowerShell or your OS (I'm on XP), so I can't test this code:

shellexecute("C:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe", "-NoExit -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -File .\StartxyzPS.ps1")

[water]

I would too suggest to run the program directly from AutoIt. It's easier to grab the output.

This little code snippet shows how I create an Exchange mailbox for a user and check the output to determine if the mailbox was usccessfully created.

$sCMD = "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShellv1.0powershell.exe -command . " & _
    "'D:Exchange ServerV14binRemoteExchange.ps1'; Connect-ExchangeServer -auto; Enable-Mailbox -Identity " & _
    $Kurzzeichen & " -Alias " & $Kurzzeichen & " -Database " & $sEXDatabase & $sSMTPAddress
$PID = Run($sCMD, @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD + $STDERR_CHILD)
StdinWrite($PID, @CRLF)
StdinWrite($PID)
; Process STDOUT
$sSTDOUT = ""
While 1
    $sOutput = StdoutRead($pid)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    If $sOutput <> "" Then $sSTDOUT = $sSTDOUT & @CRLF & $sOutput
WEnd
; Process STDERR
$sSTDERR = ""
While 1
    $sOutput = StdErrRead($pid)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    If $sOutput <> "" Then $sSTDERR = $sSTDERR & @CRLF & $sOutput
WEnd

Edited June 12, 2012 by water