@SW_LOCK

[roofninja]

I have a question about @SW_LOCK .  The description says "Lock the window to avoid repainting."  What does repainting mean here?

[Wruck]

As in redrawing the object on your screen. When you have a lot of items on a control, such as a ListBox or ListView, this can considerably speed things up.

[roofninja]

so if I have a dos box and I the next command is from a dos box, this will do both commands in the same dos box?

[Wruck]

No. Are you are looking to issue multiple commands from a single console window?

Edited December 10, 2013 by Wruck

[roofninja]

I'm using the Comspec to issue 3 commands but I would like them all to be in a single window and also to show the command that I am exiquting.

[Wruck]

Try something like this and let me know..?

Global $strFileName = @TempDir & '\TempFile.bat' ; Declare temp file name
Global $hdlFileName = FileOpen($strFileName, 2) ; Open handle to file
FileWriteLine($hdlFileName, '@ECHO ON') ; Batch function to show input commands
FileWriteLine($hdlFileName, 'TYPE %Temp%\TempFile.bat') ; First Command
FileWriteLine($hdlFileName, 'DIR /AD') ; Second Command
FileWriteLine($hdlFileName, 'ECHO TestTypeCommand') ; Third Command
FileClose($hdlFileName) ; Close the active handle
Run(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & $strFileName, @TempDir, @SW_SHOW) ; Do stuff
FileDelete($strFileName) ; Cleanup batch file

EDIT: Changed posted code to have Run execute based off of declared file name, rather than hard code.



EDIT: Also changed the FileDelete to use declared file name.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Wruck

[Gianni]

also, you can "concatenate" more dos commands in one line by using the & in between of them
example 3 commands in one line:

cls & dir & ipconfig