I'm working with a java program which is run in cmd. I have a batch file for starting the cmd and running the program. In it I also run a vbs script which is supposed to send keystrokes Alt+Enter, so the running cmd would go to fullscreen mode. However it doesn't seem to work; I tried sending in Alt+F4 and Alt+Tab and both work just fine, Alt+Enter is the only key combination not working for me.
Here's the batch file:
#echo off
title <title>
CMD /C "cscript fullscreen.vbs && cd <path to program> && java <program>"
exit
And here's the fullscreen.vbs script:
Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.SendKeys "%~"
Set ws = Nothing
I need the cmd to go to fullscreen before or after the program starts, but all it does is it hits Enter once the program is running and waiting for input. I also tried "%{ENTER}" instead of "%~" but no success there either. Also, I'm using windows 10, so Alt+Enter for fullscreen is supported and works fine if I do it on the keyboard.
Well I didn't figure out why Alt+Enter ("%~") doesn't work, however I found out that F11 does the trick so that's what I'm using now.
ws.SendKeys "{F11}"
CMD now goes fullscreen before the program starts.
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Hope I'm in the right place here, wasn't sure where to post and this seemed the most likely
I use a cmd box to run a serial flasher program for repairing wifi boards, the way it works is this.
open a command prompt and change to the working directory
enter the command
sfh_DM36x.exe -nandflash -v -p "COM3"
this starts the flashing program, however, due to the way it works, the program when finishing the first time just loops with bootme bootme, this is normal behavior.
Normally I just hit CTRL+C and exit the batch file.
The same command is run again and this time the flashing process completes and you are returned to the C:\ prompt.
Now you have the information here is what I am trying to achieve.
Launch a batch file that runs the runflash.bat, kill the runflash.bat and then run runflash.bat again.
So far I have gotten as far as this (start.bat)
start c:\users\jud\desktop\runflash.bat
timeout /t 5
This runs a new CMD prompt and opens the runflash.bat
I've then entered a timeout of 5 seconds (long enough for the first attempt to finish)
at this point, I wanted to kill the currently open CMD prompt and then execute runflash.bat again.
at this point I'm stumped, any attempt to kill the second CMD prompt just kills the original, I've looked at taskkill but the PID changes each time I run the script, as well as other suggestions I've come across during google searches, most just relate to killing batch files manually or killing a CMD prompt where a batch file has finished.
Can this be done, the idea is to pass the file out to users who aren't familiar with CMD prompt workings as an all in one solution.
Provide the new process with a unique title (see start /? - the first quoted parameter is set as a title). Takskkill can then identify and close the process with its title:
start "JudRunFlash" "c:\users\jud\desktop\runflash.bat"
timeout /t 5 >nul
taskkill /fi "WindowTitle eq JudRunFlash"
I want to create a batch file to do the following:
Start selenium server(webdriver-manager start)
Run Protractor tests(protractor conf.js)
Stop Selenium server()
This needs 2 different command prompts since webdriver-manager start will keep running and simultaneously the tests need to be executed
I have achieved the following so far. I have created a .bat file with the following contents:
start runTests.cmd
webdriver-manager start
Ctrl-C(**DOES NOT WORK**)
However, I am not able to figure out a way to shutdown the Selenium server(which is achieved by pressing Ctrl+C on the same window on which the webdriver-manager start command is executed)
You can generate keystrokes using VB Script, which can be called from a batch file.
I followed this post: http://www.w7forums.com/threads/f5-key-via-batch-file.18046/, substituting {F5} with ^{C} for Ctrl+C. So my file looks like:
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.SendKeys "^{C}"
You need to save this file with a ".vbs" extension.
I also found from this answer VBScript - switching focus to window using AppActivate how to set the focus to another window (which you know the title of). Doing this first, you can direct your keystroke to the appropriate window, so:
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.AppActivate "Untitled - Notepad"
objShell.SendKeys "^{C}"
I experimented with an empty instance of Notepad, so you'll need to change the window title string appropriately. (Ctrl+C doesn't do anything in Notepad, but Alt+F4 closes it, so I used "%{F4}" to test it.)
Then you can simply call the VBS file from your batch file to run it.
I have a simple batch file in windows that I run on startup that presents the user with a menu to start certain applications. However by default, whenever I open one of these applications the focus goes to that window and off of the batch file. Is there a way to maintain, or re-divert focus onto the batch window?
Thanks
EDIT: Got it to do what I wanted. Used foxidrives suggestion to start them minimized but they were still taking focus. So I made a short VBScript to make the cmd window the active window after each call and the combination of the two worked. Thanks!
There is no command to steal the focus. As Bill_Stewart posted, that would be a dangerous feature that grants the program too much power over the user. You can however start the applications minimized (they will still be the active window), and then build and call a VBScript to make your batch window the active window:
start "" /MIN "application.exe"
cscript /nologo myVBScript.vbs
myVBScript.vbs
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.AppActivate "myBatchFile"
WScript.Sleep 2000
WshShell.AppActiavte "myBatchFile"
I've read that several people have had trouble with AppActivate on Windows 7. It was not functioning for me, and instead of bringing my target window to the foreground it just blinked in the task bar. Calling it a second time however, for some reason, brought it to the foreground and made it the active window, which is what I wanted. Hope this helps anybody else with a similar issue.
you can't lock the focus to your command prompt window. But what you could do is to set the TopMost flag of the command prompt window. There is a Win32 function called SetWindowPos which does that. Maybe there are some ready to use command line tools around which are doing this for you. Or, if you have visual studio installed, try to compile this one here: How to set a console application window to be the top most window (C#)?
If you use the start command with the /min switch then the application will be minimised and the batch file should remain visible:
#echo off
pause
echo launching notepad
start "" /min notepad
echo notepad is active
pause
I am running my batch file inside my code, it's working fine, I just want to know is there anyway I can stop the blinking of command prompt window.
Try using some VBScript like this.
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run("C:\yourbatchfile.bat"), 0, True
I'm new with batch file and the code I'm using I had to find but it always opens cmd but doesn't close it after the program is open. I'm aware that it doesn't close because it's a window process and cmd doesn't close until after the window is closed. I would like to to close after it opens the window. Here is the code:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -Xmx1G -Xms1G -jar "Minecraft_Server.exe"
I've used many different ways close it like putting Exit at the end or putting cmd /c in front but that didn't work.
Update
The start command does not seem to work with multiple parameters.
Only solution I could come up with is creating a windowless executable that handles the executing with multiple parameters.
Original answer
I've tested the following and it works because Progra~1 is the a conversion of the Program files folder in oldskool 8 character style:
start c:\Progra~1\Intern~1\iexplore.exe -new -k "http://www.google.com/"
I cannot verify this because I do not have java, but it should work:
start C:\Program~1\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -Xmx1G -Xms1G -jar "Minecraft_Server.exe"
However if more folders start with Progra then it could also be Progra~2, Progra~3 etc. You would have to try what works.