Need a little help

[Jabberwock]

I can't seem to set $data into a dos string, is it possible to set a defined variable in there? talking about the

_RunDOS( "commandhere $data" )

[GaryFrost]

_RunDOS( "commandhere " & $data )

[peter1234]

Are you using full path for the variable name? If you are just using $data it does not know where to look.

[Jabberwock]

well, the $data is defined by user input and _RunDOS( "ping " & $data2 & "/t /l " & $data ) isn't quite working for me

[GaryFrost]

try the following, it will create a command window and won't close till you close it, this way you can see if there are errors

RunWait (@ComSpec & ' /k ping ' & $data2 & ' /t /l ' & $data)

[Jabberwock]

thanks a lot, i found the problem now that i could actually see the operation =)

[Jabberwock]

lol, sorry to bother again, would it be possible to add a toggle button to this command to start and stop it? because when i get it running without the window, i have to ctrl alt delete it

[GaryFrost]

ProcessClose("ping.exe")

[Jabberwock]

well, i assume that would work, but once it's been started, it ignores every other function, the script won't even close untill you ctrl alt delete cmd.exe and ping.exe, any ideas?

[GaryFrost]

the command will work, i also noticed the ping command ignored all ctrl-breaks etc.. so i started the ping like above and then ran a script with just the processclose command in it and it killed the ping.

[GaryFrost]

example:

Run(@Comspec & ' /c ping ' & $data2 & ' /t /l ' & $data, '', @SW_HIDE)

Sleep ( 15000 )

ProcessClose("ping.exe")

[Jabberwock]

i sent you my souce code in a PM, i'm not sure if you got it or not, but mabye you could see why it's not working

[GaryFrost]

sent back

[Jabberwock]

Thanks a lot, Works great

[GaryFrost]

yw

you might to think about putting some error checking in there, if they forget to set the data, and hit the start then it should not run the command

Edited October 23, 2005 by gafrost

[Jabberwock]

well, i would, but i'm kinda nub at this, still learning the code, i wish there was like a big list of commands and what they do, other than the help files

[GaryFrost]

not sure what editor your using, but this might help if your not using it SciTE