Traciatim Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I've been using a timed winbatch script for some time to update a peice of software on a couple thousand remote machines. It's very touchy and needs to be watched very closeley or it will fail. I was wondering if AutoIt has the ability to get information from a DOS window on a remote machine that I am connected to through a remote desktop connection. WinBatch does not which is why I just have to time everything. Thanks, Traciatim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doxie Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Can you please post what kind of info you need from the remote machine. If you are lucky you dont even need to use the remote desktop. Were ever i lay my script is my home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Drache Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I've been using a timed winbatch script for some time to update a peice of software on a couple thousand remote machines. It's very touchy and needs to be watched very closeley or it will fail.I was wondering if AutoIt has the ability to get information from a DOS window on a remote machine that I am connected to through a remote desktop connection. WinBatch does not which is why I just have to time everything. Thanks,Traciatim<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You could try using a screen scrape. Bascially putting the entire contents of the dos box into the clipboard, and then use AutoIt to manipulate it from there, wait for text, etc... I use screen scrapes a LOT in my job working with AS400 emulators...very similar in most respects to the cmd box.Just scrape the box every 250 ms or so. Usually a right click on the cmd window's taks bar and a select all-copy is enough for the scrape. Lofting the cyberwinds on teknoleather wings, I am...The Blue Drache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radsam Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Is there a recommended screen scraping application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberSlug Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 You could use something like the following inside a do-until or while-while loop: Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2);substring $title = @ComSpec;adjust as needed if title is more specific... Run(@Comspec) WinActivate($title) WinWaitActive($title) Send("!{Space}es{Enter}") MsgBox(4096,"Copied to clipboard", ClipGet()) Use Mozilla | Take a look at My Disorganized AutoIt stuff | Very very old: AutoBuilder 11 Jan 2005 prototype I need to update my sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traciatim Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 Doxie, Trust me, I need to connect to the remote desktop session. For security and logging purposes I must first connect to a remote desktop server which launches a custom little GUI menu which I input an IP and select the type of connection needed then connect to the remote machine that I actually want to connect to, this single point of entry is the only way through to get inside the network I am working on. The problem I've had with WinBatch was that it can't figure out which window is active inside the remote desktop session as well as can't collect info straight from the DOS window (SSH with Kermit 95) so that I know if things (Like an FTP Transfer, or update of a file) are successful or not. Cyberslug, thanks for the great tip on 'screen scraping'. I would never have thought of using select all and analyzing the clip board instead. Is the language of Auto-It similar to WinBatch? It sure looks like it and my 21 day trial of WinBatch is almost up and now I've stumbled on AutoIt. Traciatim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberSlug Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Is the language of Auto-It similar to WinBatch? It sure looks like it and my 21 day trial of WinBatch is almost up and now I've stumbled on AutoIt.http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1061 Use Mozilla | Take a look at My Disorganized AutoIt stuff | Very very old: AutoBuilder 11 Jan 2005 prototype I need to update my sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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