net send

[Valuater]

i have 5 different scripts from the archives in autoit... none work on my win XP

this was the "simplest" one

Do
$PC = InputBox("Message To", "Please Specify PC Name:")
If @error == 1 Then Exit
Until $PC <> " "

Do
$Text = InputBox("Message Text", "Enter your message.")
If @error == 1 Then Exit
Until $Text <> " "

RunWait(@comspec & " /c net send "& $PC &" "& $Text,"",@sw_hide)

if RunWait(@comspec & " /k net send "& $PC &" "& $Text,"",@sw_show) == 0 Then

MsgBox(0, $PC,"Message Sent")

Else
MsgBox(0, $PC,"Cannot Send Message")

EndIf

any ideas??

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[Jos]

i have 5 different scripts from the archives in autoit... none work on my win XP

this was the "simplest" one

Do
$PC = InputBox("Message To", "Please Specify PC Name:")
If @error == 1 Then Exit
Until $PC <> " "

Do
$Text = InputBox("Message Text", "Enter your message.")
If @error == 1 Then Exit
Until $Text <> " "

RunWait(@comspec & " /c net send "& $PC &" "& $Text,"",@sw_hide)

if RunWait(@comspec & " /k net send "& $PC &" "& $Text,"",@sw_show) == 0 Then

MsgBox(0, $PC,"Message Sent")

Else
MsgBox(0, $PC,"Cannot Send Message")

EndIf

any ideas??

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<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Script doesn't look correct to me... why would you want to do the Net Send command twice ??

Anyway ... it still should work.... what is the problem you have ?

Does Net Send typed from the commandline work for you ?

[Stumpii]

I think that the net send twice should be changed to this:

$val = RunWait(@comspec & " /c net send "& $PC &" "& $Text,"",@SW_HIDE)

if $val == 0 Then

It seems to work though. I have only one computer on my network, so any net send commands I send come back with an error that the imaginary computer cannot be found (as expected).

Have you tried running the net send from the command line directly and seeing if it works? I also remember a service that is required to run for this to work. Before firewalls closed the port, I remember everyone disabling the service to avoid getting adds via net send. I think it was called 'message service'. Search the web and you will find it.

I am using XP also.

Edited August 13, 2005 by Stumpii

[Valuater]

Thanks... JdeB and Stumpii

"Message Service" was the problem

I placed the full code in the post named

Employee Time Clock

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Edited August 13, 2005 by Valuater