Can AutoIt work with CMD commandline?

[sandman]

Is it possible to set options for commandline? For example, compiled Au3 script au3.exe will create a folder when this command is given in CMD:

C:\> au3.exe create folder SHWEET

Is it possible to have AutoIt interpret this and know what to do?

I am not asking about how to interpret it, but rather if it is capable of responding to a command like this at all.

[tAKTelapis]

Yes.. it is.

I forget how, but i am reasonably sure it is.

*EDIT*

worked it out (this should have its own section in the helpfile)

Search the helpfile (or forums) for $cmdline

its all there.

Cheers

/tAK

*EDIT 2*

for the sake of trying it out myself, here is a basic, crude example:

select
    case $cmdline[0] = 0 ; check to see if there is a parameter
        msgbox(0, "No Param", "Please specify start or end")
    Case $cmdline[1] = 'start' ; if parameter is start
        msgbox(0, "Start", "it has begun")
    Case $cmdline[1] = 'end' ; if parameter is end
        msgbox(0, "End", "all done")
    Case Else ; if parameter is other
        msgbox(0, "No Param", "Please specify start or end")
EndSelect
Exit

Edited May 3, 2007 by tAKTelapis

[sandman]

Okay, thanks very much.

One more thing: Is there a way to have it print (or echo or whatever it is called in CMD) text when a command is given? Say, 'au3 eat pie'.

If $cmdline[0] > 0 And $cmdline[1] = "eat" And $cmdline[2] = "pie" Then
    MadeUpFunction("ECHOTHISBACK!!!")
EndIf

So that it would look like this in CMD:

C:\> au3 eat pie
ECHOTHISBACK!!!

C:\>

[Shevilie]

328 post... and you havent checked the helpfile...

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/i...htm#CommandLine

[Jon]

Okay, thanks very much.

One more thing: Is there a way to have it print (or echo or whatever it is called in CMD) text when a command is given? Say, 'au3 eat pie'.

If $cmdline[0] > 0 And $cmdline[1] = "eat" And $cmdline[2] = "pie" Then
    MadeUpFunction("ECHOTHISBACK!!!")
EndIf

So that it would look like this in CMD:

C:\> au3 eat pie
ECHOTHISBACK!!!

C:\>

No, AutoIt is a Windows program so it can't output to the cmd console like that.

[sandman]

328 post... and you havent checked the helpfile...

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/i...htm#CommandLine

I've already seen that, I was asking for a different thing. Thanks, though.

@Jon: Well, would it be able to get what other programs return? Like if I called a program through ShellExecute, is there a way to get how it echoes back?

[PsaltyDS]

I've already seen that, I was asking for a different thing. Thanks, though.

@Jon: Well, would it be able to get what other programs return? Like if I called a program through ShellExecute, is there a way to get how it echoes back?

Check out the options in Run() and RunWait() for $STDOUT_CHILD, $STDIN_CHILD, and $STDERR_CHILD combined with StdOutRead(), etc.

All of which is... wait for it... in the help file!

[AcidCorps]

is there a way to us variables in the switch, for example script.au3 /uninstall 123 would return setup.exe /uninstall 123 at the same time as script.au3 /uninstall 456 setup.exe /uninstall 456 or would I have to write out every possible switch?

[PsaltyDS]

is there a way to us variables in the switch, for example script.au3 /uninstall 123 would return setup.exe /uninstall 123 at the same time as script.au3 /uninstall 456 setup.exe /uninstall 456 or would I have to write out every possible switch?

Huh...?

The $CmdLine array contains the parameters from the command line.

So in your first example:

$CmdLine[0] = 2
$CmdLine[1] = "/uninstall"
$CmdLine[2] = "123"

You can refer to $CmdLine[2] throughout your entire script.

Is that what you meant?

Edit: Oops, CmdLine, not CommandLine... :">

Edited June 4, 2007 by PsaltyDS

[herewasplato]

sandman,

I'm not sure what you want - look at this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...showtopic=37626

or search title only for console in the example scripts...

sorry so late

[sandman]

sandman,

I'm not sure what you want - look at this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...showtopic=37626

or search title only for console in the example scripts...

sorry so late

Lol, a resurrection!

Thanks, but I am asking how to interpret commands from a CMD window, not make windows and input into them. I have figured out a solution for responding to commands, though, and here is an example:

If $cmdline[0] > 0 Then
    If $cmdline[1] = "talk" Then
        $bat = "echo ""Hello World"""
        FileWrite("respond.bat", $bat)
        If Not @error Run("respond.bat")
    EndIf
EndIf

[November]

Just an idea...

Just do a sticky post with that

Cheers

[DaveF]

I'm not sure what the original poster's task really is, but this will work unless the comsumer of the script literally is a user typing in a DOS box...

; Test to see if there was a command line argument, if not insert a placeholder
If $cmdline[0] Then
    $firstArg = $cmdline[1]
Else
    $firstArg = "(not present)"
EndIf
; Perform some operation
MsgBox(0, "Test", "The 1st argument on the command line was: " & $firstArg)
; Write a message to the console
ConsoleWrite("Writing " & $firstArg & " on STDOUT (but that doesn't mean that Windows will let you see it...)" & @CRLF)

[sandman]

unless the comsumer of the script literally is a user typing in a DOS box...

-snip-

lol, that's what I meant this whole time, so that the user will be in CMD (same as Run>cmd) and type: myscript.exe dosomething. AutoIt will interpret the dosomething command as a command to respond, and then write and execute a batch file to respond.

@november: I'll post it in Example Scripts, see what happens