Powershell In AutoIT

[goss34]

Hi Guys,

I have had a look through the various threads talking about powershell but am struggling to get my script to launch properly.

I intend to have a serious of combo selection boxes populated from an INI file and then when a user hits the "launch" button it uses the selected options to launch the powershell script with those parameters.

This line works great from a command prompt:

C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "& 'C:\Program Files\ApplicaionDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1' -engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential 'Server01\'"

Iv tried running it as a single line but that doesnt seem to work for me as it doesnt seem to pass through properly. Iv resorted to using it as a group of variables so i can check the command is passed correctly:

$start = '"C:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit -STA -Command'

$middle = '"C:\Program Files\ApplicationDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1"'

$end = '-engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential "Server01\"'

ConsoleWrite(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $start & ' ' & $middle & ' ' & $end)

Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $start & ' ' & $middle & ' ' & $end, @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE)

The console write above looks correct but the run command doesnt run.

Can anyone help me correct it? (I am assuming the quotes are half of the problem)

Apologies for the lack of knowledge I have vague knowledge of how AutoIt works but have always had issues getting commands passed through correctly. Powershell however.... this is a first attempt but that part is working fine i just cant launch it using AutoIT at the moment.

Thanks

Dan

[UEZ]

Try this:

$start = "C:\Windows\System32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "
$middle = "C:\Program Files\ApplicationDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1 "
$end = '-engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential Server01\'

ConsoleWrite(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $start & $middle & $end)
Run(@ComSpec & ' /k ' & $start & $middle & $end, @SystemDir, @SW_SHOW)

Br,

UEZ

Edited April 8, 2013 by UEZ

[goss34]

Hi UEZ,

I got back a powershell error so something is still slightly off:

The string starting:

At line:1 char:144

+ C:Program FilesApplicationDirTAMEHRMenuStartStart.ps1 -engine Server01.

domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential Server01 <<<< "

is missing the terminator: ".

At line:1 char:145

+ C:Program FilesApplicationDirTAMEHRMenuStartStart.ps1 -engine Server01.

domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential Server01" <<<<

+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:String) [], ParentContainsErrorRe

cordException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString

At the end of the batch file the -useCredential input is specified in quotes, on the console write it looks like it is too but then appears to fail passing it through after that. I think the problem is here but i cant figure out how to send exactly what it wants.

I noticed on another topic there was a . after the -Command but wasnt sure if that was relevant or not, maybe its something AutoIT requires?

Thanks

Dan

[Jos]

Try:

Run( @comspec & ' /k C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "& ''C:\Program Files\ApplicaionDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1'' -engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential 'Server01\'"'

Jos

[UEZ]

I think the problem is "Server01".

Try it without quotes.

Br,

UEZ

[goss34]

Hi UEZ,

Without the quotes on Server01 i get an error earlier in the script:

The term 'C:Program' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, scri

pt file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was

included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

At line:1 char:11

+ C:Program <<<< FilesApplicationDirTAMEHRMenuStartStart.ps1 -engine Ser

ver01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential Server01

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:Program:String) [], CommandN

otFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Hi Jos,

Using yours i have pretty much the same issue with the quotes, before i run it i can see using the script editor the syntax isnt correct as its highlighted in black as opposed to red like the rest of the text.

When i run it, it returns:

C:PowerShell Test.au3(48,244) : ERROR: syntax error

Run(@comspec & ' /k C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShellv1.0PowerShell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "& ''C:Program FilesApplicationDirTAMEHRMenuStartStart.ps1'' -engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential 'Server01

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

C:PowerShell Test.au3 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

!>16:55:48 AU3Check ended. Press F4 to jump to next error.rc:2

>Exit code: 2 Time: 0.313

Thanks for your help,

Dan

[Jos]

I missed the single qouotes around the server at the end:

Run(@comspec & ' /k C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "& ''C:\Program Files\ApplicationDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1'' -engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential ''Server01\''"')

Edited April 8, 2013 by Jos

[goss34]

I missed the single qouotes around the server at the end:

Run(@comspec & ' /k C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -noexit -STA -Command "& ''C:\Program Files\ApplicationDir\TAME\HRMenu\Start\Start.ps1'' -engine Server01.domain.local -session TAME_TEST -stage DEV -useCredential ''Server01\''"')

Excellent Jos, that works great and its exactly how i wanted it to run in the first place.

I can now continue with the rest of the GUI and functions and hopefully i wont run into anymore syntax issues!

Thanks to you both for your prompt help.

Dan