Redirect DOS output to an Edit Box?

[gamingmouse]

I have a GUI that contains a button to start a cmd line java program. That program, in turn, writes output to stdout as it runs. I know that I can use:

RunWait(@COMSPEC & " java myapp.MyExe")

to start the program. But I would like to redirect the programs output to an Edit box inside my AutoIt GUI. Furthermore, I want to be able to stop the program from running by clicking a "Stop" button on my GUI.

Is this possible?

Thanks for any help,

gm

[NELyon]

Autoit can natively read from the Stdout with a function called StdOutRead

[jonez34]

I am trying what is listed above and some ideas from the help file but I am getting error when running the script. I have posted my code below and the error I am getting is Error: Variable used without being declared. I don't know how to attache pictures or I would give you what I see but it looks like it doesn't like the $line variable?

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & "/c dir",@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line)
        msgbox (0,"",$read)
    EndIf
    
    
    
    
    
WEnd

[NELyon]

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Global $Line
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & "/c dir",@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line)
        msgbox (0,"",$read)
    EndIf
   
   
   
   
   
WEnd

Edited December 27, 2006 by D-Generation X

[Zedna]

Try this:

#NoTrayIcon
#include <Constants.au3>
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir",@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line)
        msgbox (0,"",$read)
    EndIf
WEnd

Errors:

#include <Constants.au3>

$line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c dir",@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDOUT_CHILD)

--> missing space before /c

Also look at HelpFile at example for StdoutRead

[jonez34]

I took the advice of both Zedna and D-Generation X but I am still getting the "Variable used without being declared" error. Below is the new code that I have and I will type out the error message as I see it. As a side note, how do I add a screen shot to my posts?

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Global $line
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line)
        msgbox (0,"",$read)
    EndIf
    
WEnd

The error is after I have the first radio button checked and hit the connect button.

"Line 31 (<file name>)

$line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

$line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,^ERROR

Error: Variable used without being declared"

Note that I added the space after " /c"

I also changed the Run command to reflect the help files example of command, I tried both ways (the old way and this way)

Hope this helps you guys caues it sure doesn't help me out.

Edited December 28, 2006 by jonez34

[martin]

I took the advice of both Zedna and D-Generation X but I am still getting the "Variable used without being declared" error. Below is the new code that I have and I will type out the error message as I see it. As a side note, how do I add a screen shot to my posts?

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
Global $line
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line)
        msgbox (0,"",$read)
    EndIf
    
WEnd

The error is after I have the first radio button checked and hit the connect button.

"Line 31 (<file name>)

$line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)

$line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c" & 'dir',@workingdir,@sw_hide,^ERROR

Error: Variable used without being declared"

Note that I added the space after " /c"

I also changed the Run command to reflect the help files example of command, I tried both ways (the old way and this way)

Hope this helps you guys caues it sure doesn't help me out.

You need to add the following line to the beginning of your script

#include <Constants.au3>

as Zedna did

Edited December 28, 2006 by martin

[jonez34]

Well if that doesn't just burn my britches. That worked. I thought that I had a legtimate issue and comes down to something so minor. I hate that. Thanks again.

[jonez34]

So, now that I have that working I have hit another road block. The intention of this GUI is to make it easier for the other people in my office to look at the status of the VPN tunnels established in our 2 core cisco routers. Since I would rather them not log into the Cisco's them selves I figure this is good way for them to be able to see only what they need to and nothing else. So with the code I have already I need to some how get the GUI to once the connect button is hit to telnet to the router specified, log in to the router then allow the user to choose 2 options. But before I get to all that I need some way for the GUI to tell me that it has connected to the router first. As an example, I would llike to the GUI to connect to the IP that I will give it and then log in, but if the login fails then I need to know that and not just throw the next command at it when it's not connected. I was thinking of somehow reading the stdoutread for the User Access Verification prompt that you get when you are telneting into something, then have the GUI enter the credentials. From there the user then will have a choice to see high speed or dial-up tunnels which the GUI then passes to the telnet session and then somehow returns the results into the GUI for the user to see. I think that I might be biting off more than I can chew here. I would like to know first off how to read into the Stdoutread to see if a certian string exists then continue on or show the user a message saying the connection failed or something like that. My code so far is posted.

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>
GUICreate ("Telnet")
GUISetIcon (@windowsdir & "\system32\telnet.exe",0)
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
$coreA = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router A",10,10,100)
$coreB = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Core Router B",10,30,100)
$balanced = GUICtrlCreateRadio ("Load Balanced Address",10,50,150)
GUICtrlSetState ($balanced,$GUI_CHECKED)
$connectbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Connect",20,80,90)
$cancelbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Cancel",200,360,100)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $cancelbutton Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    if $msg = $connectbutton And BitAND (guictrlread ($coreA),$GUI_CHECKED) = $GUI_CHECKED Then
        $line = Run(@ComSpec & " /c ping helpdesk2",@workingdir,@SW_HIDE,$STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
        $read = StdoutRead ($line,300)
        ;if $read = GUICtrlRead ($line) And $line = 
    EndIf
    
    
    
    
    
WEnd

[Zedna]

For AutoIt & Telnet look here

[jonez34]

Thanks, I'll try that.