cookiemonster Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hey all, been having a bit of trouble, I need to run a cmd prompt then the following (note: line four needs to use the varible: $time) set path=C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual StudioVSSwin32 set ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database SET PROJECT= $/myfiles/ ss Add C:locks$time Have you got any ideas, ive tried a couple of cmd ways but it starts entering the first line before cmd's even loaded so it only gets the second half of the line, and I dont know how to parse the variable into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 You can set environment variables with the EnvSet command, no need to use a command prompt for that. What is SS and what is it supposed to be doing? If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therks Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Why not write to a batch file, execute it, then delete the batch file. Rather simple I think. My AutoIt Stuff | My Github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Or you could all write in a single line: $sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/myfiles/ && ss Add C:\locks\" & $time Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_HIDE) My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 It should be adding a new file to microsoft visual sourcesafe, water I tried your line and it runs and finishes but nothing in VSS, so I changed it to the following in hope that I would then be able to see the cmd window without it flashing off my screen to see what the error is (I suspect its expecting some user intervention like entering comments about the file its adding) however it still flashed off the screen $sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker && ss Add C:\hello.c" Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Change "/C" (close) to "/K" (keep) in the Run statement. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Ah one of the errors ive seen before when working out the right cmd's to use 'ss' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. this is coming up because it doesnt know the correct path set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 it doesnt seem to be running the set path line, because this is correct, I added a pause before and after it and all I see is: Press any key to continue . . . Press any key to continue . . . Any ideas why it isnt passing through the set path line, I think its also missing the ssdir line too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Try this and check if Path is correctly set: $sCmd = "set path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 && set" Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW) My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 yeh its got Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 right this is weird, so I know its set the path: Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32 I know its set the dir: ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database I know its set the project: PROJECT= $/Smartbooker but when it trys to add the file: ss Add C:\hello.c I get : 'ss' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. So if I run it all in a cmd window manually line by line it works, if i run the first three lines in my autoit script then run 'ss add c:hello.c' it gives me the error again. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 slight update, ive added the path into the environment variables so no need for that to be in the script now, so its now just $sCmd = "set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database && SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker && ss Add C:\hello.c" Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW) so when I run the above I now get 'No VSS database (srcsafe.ini) found. Use the SSDIR environment variable or run netsetup.' evern though I have set it, if I then type in 'set' it even shows me that in the current cmd window it is set 'ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database' Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 water, what does && mean, is that a new line? as in does it put in 'set ssdir=buttonhomeVSS database' then essentially press enter, then the next line then enter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 && is the DOS command concatenator. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Does it help if you set the working directory of the Run function to "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual StudioVSSwin32"? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 nope same issue No VSS database (srcsafe.ini) found. Use the SSDIR environment variable or run netsetup. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32> so how would you write to press enter after a line of text being entered in the cmd window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Solution Share Posted July 10, 2013 Managed to get it working $sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\hello.c)" Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Strange that parenthesis are needed. But glad you could solve the problem My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 yeh, the only problem now is passing a variable into it, just been searching and found a few forum posts but didnt really understand them I know the below wont work but hopefully it will give you an idea of what im trying to do, and you might be able to point me in the right direction local $file = "hello.c" $sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\"$file")" Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $sCmd, "", @SW_SHOW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Use $sCmd = "(set ssdir=\\button\home\VSS database) && (SET PROJECT= $/Smartbooker) && (ss Add C:\" & $file & ")" My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs: Active Directory (NEW 2024-07-28 - Version 1.6.3.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki ExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts OutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki OutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - Download Outlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki PowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - Wiki Task Scheduler (2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs: Excel - Example Scripts - Wiki Word - Wiki Tutorials: ADO - Wiki WebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 omg im so stupid, i tried it with the & between c:" and $file but forgot to put another one after the $file, silly me! Cheers water works perfectly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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