Help, i can't send/recieve StdoutRead / stdinwrite info!

[boomingranny]

Hi,

I have spent the last 5 hours trying to make this script read the text from this Microsoft console app called "dhcploc.exe"

(it searches for DHCP servers running on your network)

My current conclusion is, that there are just some programs that, alhough they output to the console window

you cannot send text/recieve text via StdinWrite/StdoutRead

What dhcploc does, when your press d is it sends a dhcp request to your network,

it then displays any dhcp servers running on your network...

so in my code i am running it, trying to send d, then read the reply

(please don't suggest i just use send(), that isn't an option here)

The code i currently have is as follows:

DirCreate ("tools");just incase
FileInstall ("dhcploc.exe",@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe")
ProcessClose ("dhcploc.exe")
$dhcploc = Run(@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe "&@ComputerName ,"",@SW_SHOW,9) 
 Sleep (500)
 
 $data = ""
 StdinWrite($dhcploc, "d"&@CRLF)
 StdinWrite ($dhcploc,"")

 While $dhcploc
    $tmp =  StdoutRead($dhcploc)
    $data &= $tmp
    ConsoleWrite ($tmp)
    Sleep (25)
WEnd

Thanks for taking the time to help

dhcploc.exe

[martin]

Hi,

I have spent the last 5 hours trying to make this script read the text from this Microsoft console app called "dhcploc.exe"

(it searches for DHCP servers running on your network)

My current conclusion is, that there are just some programs that, alhough they output to the console window

you cannot send text/recieve text via StdinWrite/StdoutRead

What dhcploc does, when your press d is it sends a dhcp request to your network,

it then displays any dhcp servers running on your network...

so in my code i am running it, trying to send d, then read the reply

(please don't suggest i just use send(), that isn't an option here)

The code i currently have is as follows:

DirCreate ("tools");just incase
FileInstall ("dhcploc.exe",@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe")
ProcessClose ("dhcploc.exe")
$dhcploc = Run(@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe "&@ComputerName ,"",@SW_SHOW,9) 
 Sleep (500)
 
 $data = ""
 StdinWrite($dhcploc, "d"&@CRLF)
 StdinWrite ($dhcploc,"")

 While $dhcploc
    $tmp =  StdoutRead($dhcploc)
    $data &= $tmp
    ConsoleWrite ($tmp)
    Sleep (25)
WEnd

Thanks for taking the time to help

Instead of

StdinWrite ($dhcploc,"")

try

StdinWrite ($dhcploc)

[boomingranny]

Hi,

With the code below i can recieving the responce (stdoutread) but i am having to manually send d and q,

so the stdinwrite command isn't linking up for some reason

DirCreate ("tools")
FileInstall ("dhcploc.exe",@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe")
ProcessClose ("dhcploc.exe")
$dhcploc = Run(@ScriptDir&"\tools\dhcploc.exe "&@ComputerName ,"",@SW_SHOW,9) 
$data = ""
StdinWrite($dhcploc, "d")
StdinWrite($dhcploc, "q")
StdinWrite($dhcploc)


;10 second timeout
for $i = 1 to 10
    if not ProcessExists ("dhcploc.exe") then ExitLoop
    Sleep (1000)
next
ProcessClose ("dhcploc.exe")

While 1
    $tmp =  StdoutRead($dhcploc)
    if @error then ExitLoop
    $data &= $tmp
    ConsoleWrite ($tmp)
    Sleep (25)
WEnd

i have also tried control send but that didn't work either

Edited October 26, 2008 by boomingranny

[PsaltyDS]

With the code below i can recieving the responce (stdoutread) but i am having to manually send d and q,

so the stdinwrite command isn't linking up for some reason

StdinWrite($dhcploc, "d")
StdinWrite($dhcploc, "q")
StdinWrite($dhcploc)

i have also tried control send but that didn't work either

StdInWrite() will not input anything to a command line shell. You can't automate a "DOS Box" this way with AutoIt.