AutoIt and "Command-line"/"Console"/"Terminal"/"Prompt"

[asgarcymed]

Today I "discovered":

*) AutoIt cannot create "native/pure command-line" scripts;

*) AutoIt can run, at least, single command-line executables; for example:

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & "dir /b C:\*.* >list.txt", "", @SW_HIDE)

I only want to make one more question about AutoIt and "Command-line"/"Console"/"Terminal"/"Prompt":

Can I run commands (via cmd.exe) which has many arguments?

Can the external command (interpreted by cmd.exe) be inserted inside a loop statement (as "For...To...Next")?

For example - something like this Batch file to automate nrg2iso conversion:

CODE

@echo off

setlocal

set fileFilter=*.nrg

set workDir=.

if not "%~1"=="" set workDir=%~1

if not exist "%workDir%" echo %~1 directory does not exist&goto :EOF

pushd "%workDir%"

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b /s /a-d "%fileFilter%" 2^>NUL') do call :PROCESS "%%a"

popd

goto :EOF

:PROCESS

nrg2iso "%~1" "%~dpn1.iso"

goto :EOF

The nrg2iso.exe is a command-line tool which converts nrg to iso (CD/DVD image files).

nrg2iso.exe has the following syntax:

nrg2iso.exe image.nrg image.iso

Inside a main folder I have many subfolders (which may have sub-subfolders), and which have different types of files (extensions - *.ext).

I need to recursively get all *.nrg files, and then, for each one, call nrg2iso.exe

That's what the above batch does. Can this be translated/converted to AutoIt code?

Thanks.

Regards.

[Valuater]

Maybe...

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#include <GUIConstants.au3>


Dim $_Program = "nrg2iso.exe" 
Dim $_File = "*.nrg" 

$GUI = GUICreate("My GUI", 350, 300)
$t_label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Ready", 10, 50, 300, 20)
$d_label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Counter", 10, 100, 300, 20)
$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton("GO", 135, 200, 80, 30)
GUISetState()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = -3 Then Exit
    
    If $msg = $Button Then Runner()
    
WEnd


Func Runner()
    Local $numID = 0, $TnumID = 0
    GUICtrlSetData($t_label, "Searching for " & $_File & " ...Please wait...")
    RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ' & 'dir "' & @HomeDrive & $_File & '" /a :h /b /s' & ' > "' & @TempDir & '\dir.txt"', '', @SW_HIDE)
    Sleep(2000)
    
    
    $hFile = FileOpen(@TempDir & "\dir.txt", 0)
    
    ; Check if file opened for reading OK
    If $hFile = -1 Then
        MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
        Return
    EndIf
    
    ; Read in lines of text until the EOF is reached
    While 1
        $sLine = FileReadLine($hFile)
        If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
        If $sLine <> "" Then
            $numID = $numID + 1
            GUICtrlSetData($t_label, "Running - " & $sLine)
            If $numID >= $TnumID + 5 Then
                $TnumID = $numID
                GUICtrlSetData($d_label, " Files Ran: " & $TnumID)
            EndIf
            If FileExists($sLine) Then RunWait($_Program & " " & $sLine)
            
            $msg = GUIGetMsg()
            If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
        EndIf
    WEnd
    GUICtrlSetData($t_label, "*** Complete ***")
    FileClose($hFile)
EndFunc   ;==>Runner

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Edited November 14, 2007 by Valuater

[dabus]

Since there were many gui/cli questions, you may also be interested to read this topic.

Edited November 14, 2007 by dabus

[asgarcymed]

Valuater - the script you posted is superb!!!!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

[Valuater]

Valuater - the script you posted is superb!!!!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

Welcome!!

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