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Hi Guys... I am new to autoit and i am facing a problem now. Any help would be appreciated. 

 

I am sending some commands to the cmd prompt and i need to execute a part of the code based on the result of the command i had sent earlier. 

Is this somehow possible in autoit. ? 

 

Here s a basic example of how i want it to behave ;)

 

 $DOS=  Send('washington' & ' ' & $aArray[0][1] )
                              Sleep(500)
                              Send("{Enter}")
                              Sleep(750)
                                 While 1
                                  Sleep(10) 
                                  $Message = StdoutRead($DOS) 
                                       If @error then
                                           MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Stdout Read:", "Washington already arrived")
                                           Exit 0
                                       Else
                                          Send('Texas')
                                          Sleep(1000)
                                          Send("{Enter}")

                                          MsgBox(0,"!!!! SUCCESS !!!!","Everyone has arrived!")
                                       EndIf

                                  WEnd

 

This is just a part of a code. and since i have a lot of servers, I am refraining from typing the servers in (fear of the recent ransomware virus) .

 

So. The thing is, once i send the first command and press enter, i usually get a msg.  and based on the msg, i want to either cancel the run or go further with the execution. 

 

I am still at loggerheads with myself... and the HELP did not help much..

 

any suggestions would be more than welcome.. am relying on the power of autoit forums now... :)

 

 

 

                                          

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Hi Guys... I am new to autoit and i am facing a problem now. Any help would be appreciated. 

 

I am sending some commands to the cmd prompt and i need to execute a part of the code based on the result of the command i had sent earlier. 

Is this somehow possible in autoit. ? 

 

Here s a basic example of how i want it to behave ;)

 

 $DOS=  Send('washington' & ' ' & $aArray[0][1] )
                              Sleep(500)
                              Send("{Enter}")
                              Sleep(750)
                                 While 1
                                  Sleep(10) 
                                  $Message = StdoutRead($DOS) 
                                       If @error then
                                           MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Stdout Read:", "Washington already arrived")
                                           Exit 0
                                       Else
                                          Send('Texas')
                                          Sleep(1000)
                                          Send("{Enter}")

                                          MsgBox(0,"!!!! SUCCESS !!!!","Everyone has arrived!")
                                       EndIf

                                  WEnd

 

This is just a part of a code. and since i have a lot of servers, I am refraining from typing the servers in (fear of the recent ransomware virus) .

 

So. The thing is, once i send the first command and press enter, i usually get a msg.  and based on the msg, i want to either cancel the run or go further with the execution. 

 

I am still at loggerheads with myself... and the HELP did not help much..

 

any suggestions would be more than welcome.. am relying on the power of autoit forums now... :)

 

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Naveen_Naveen,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

But just the one thread at a time please.

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GaryFrost once helped me with this in my script.

Please do note that the script I link to is from 2007 and not updated anymore. I think most would still work though,

From this you should be able to extract the bits you need. Especially this bit:

"

Local $hping = Run(@ComSpec & " /c ping -n 1 -w 10 " & $sLocation, @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

    While 1
        $line = StdoutRead($hping)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        $sData &= $line
    WEnd

"

The 'Local' line replaces your '$DOS =SEND' line. The While 1 loop reads all output and stitches them together in the $sData  variable. Now you should be able to extract the output you seek with StringInStr, StringMid etc.

 

Edit: oh, and don't forget to replace the ping command/parameters with the command you want. ;)

 

Good luck, Regards,

Tri.

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Hi guys..

Thanks a lot for your help.. I found a workaround and implemented it. I accessed the telnet log and read the output for the telnet session from there and used that as a reference to validate my code. 

 

Thanks a lot for your time and help. Hoping to come back with more and more questions and learn in the process. :) 

 

Regards,

NaveeN

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