read dos

[TheBobynator]

hi,

how can i get the text from a dos window. i mean the black window. is it possible?

thx

Edited March 5, 2009 by TheBobynator

[SpookMeister]

Yes...

#include <Constants.au3>
; Example Usage
$result= _CMDreturn('net stop "Print Spooler"')
msgbox(0,"Version",$result)

;Another Example Usage
$result= _CMDreturn('net start "Print Spooler"')
msgbox(0,"Version",$result)

Func _CMDreturn($sCommand) ; This function returns the output of a DOS command as a string
    $cmdreturn = ""
    $stream = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $sCommand, @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_MERGED + $STDIN_CHILD)
    While 1 ; loop through the return from the command until there is no more
        $line = StdoutRead($stream)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        $cmdreturn &= $line
    WEnd
    Return $cmdreturn
EndFunc   ;==>_CMDreturn

[TheBobynator]

this script is very complicated. i want to read a specific dos window. where must i put the name of the window which i want to read in?

sry for my english

[SpookMeister]

That script does not work that way. I do not think it is possible to read from a pre-existing DOS window.. unless you are looking at some kind of OCR method.

[TheBobynator]

whats ocr?

[James]

whats ocr?

Optical Character Recognition.

I think you should put the keyboard down and back away slowly before your hurt anyone but yourself.

Edited March 5, 2009 by JamesBrooks

[dannyk]

That script does not work that way. I do not think it is possible to read from a pre-existing DOS window.. unless you are looking at some kind of OCR method.

That's exactly what I'm trying to do -- read from a pre-existing DOS window that is spawned by a windows app. I can get its process id, and I can send text to the dos window via the send command once I activate the window. However, this dos popup window does some processing of its own before asking user to input data, and I need to somehow determine when it's ready for input. Any help would definitely be appreciated!

Thanks,

Danny

[Exit]

Perhaps this helps:

MsgBox(0+262144, "", "click OK to start a sample CMD window")
$cmd = "ipconfig"
Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $cmd, "", @SW_SHOW)
MsgBox(0+262144, "", "click OK to read the window to clipbox and show result")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")
Send("!{space}{down 6}{right}{down 3}{enter 2}")
MsgBox(0+262144, "", ClipGet())

[dannyk]

Perhaps this helps:

MsgBox(0+262144, "", "click OK to start a sample CMD window")
$cmd = "ipconfig"
Run(@ComSpec & " /k " & $cmd, "", @SW_SHOW)
MsgBox(0+262144, "", "click OK to read the window to clipbox and show result")
WinWaitActive("[CLASS:ConsoleWindowClass]")
Send("!{space}{down 6}{right}{down 3}{enter 2}")
MsgBox(0+262144, "", ClipGet())

Yes, this is helpful. After searching through the forums, someone suggested the ALT+SPACE > E > S > {Enter} method of capturing the text to the clipboard, which I believe is what you're illustrating above. Thank you for the quick response!

[Exit]

Yes, this is helpful. After searching through the forums, someone suggested the ALT+SPACE > E > S > {Enter} method of capturing the text to the clipboard, which I believe is what you're illustrating above. Thank you for the quick response!

ALT+SPACE > E > S > {Enter} works fine on english locale, but other languages have other letters.

For Germany it would be B(earbeiten) + A(lles markieren)

My method is language independant,

And even works in Windows 7.

[SmOke_N]

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...lite=%2Bconsole