Help Needed! Start a Command Prompt with CD to Path, Start Executable with parameters.

[Pine99]

Hello There,

Can someone please give an example how to do the below from AutoIT?

Start command prompt to CD to a specific path, from that specific path to start an executable with parameters. 

e.g. CMD > CD "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer"

       CMD > MusicPlayer.exe "FirstParameter-SongDirectory" "SecondParameter-SongName" "ThirdParameter-StartPlayingFromSconds"

= MusicPlayer.exe "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections" "Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3" "10"

Thank you!

[Danp2]

Why the command prompt requirement? Have you tried using Run()?

[abberration]

Personally, I would prefer ShellExecute because of the "parameter" parameter.

ShellExecute("MusicPlayer.exe", "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections\Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3 10")

But if you really want to run it from command line, I think this would do it.

Run("cmd")
WinWaitActive("C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe")
Send('MusicPlayer.exe ' & '"' & 'C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections\Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3 10' & '"')
Send("{ENTER}")

 

[TimRude]

12 hours ago, Pine99 said:

CMD > CD "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer"

       CMD > MusicPlayer.exe "FirstParameter-SongDirectory" "SecondParameter-SongName" "ThirdParameter-StartPlayingFromSconds"

= MusicPlayer.exe "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections" "Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3" "10"

Maybe this?

ShellExecute('MusicPlayer.exe', '"C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections" "Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3" "10"', 'C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer')

 

[Pine99]

15 hours ago, Pine99 said:

Hello There,

Can someone please give an example how to do the below from AutoIT?

Start command prompt to CD to a specific path, from that specific path to start an executable with parameters. 

e.g. CMD > CD "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer"

       CMD > MusicPlayer.exe "FirstParameter-SongDirectory" "SecondParameter-SongName" "ThirdParameter-StartPlayingFromSconds"

= MusicPlayer.exe "C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections" "Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3" "10"

Thank you!

Thank you (and for everyone else who replied)

I managed to do it (had to play around with the quotation marks a bit but it's working)

e.g.

$runMPE = Run('"C:\Program Files\MusicPlayer\SongSelections\MusicPlayer.exe" "Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal.mp3" "10"')