I'm using a program called lewice that runs in a dos window.
When you run the program it requires 'user input' to give a file name for the input files.
Is there anyway I can get a batch file to send the commands to the dos window so the batch file can by default use file name x?
Thanks
Not sure if that's what you want but maybe lewice can use inputs parameters, you just have to create a shortcut and add options:
https://superuser.com/questions/29569/how-to-add-command-line-options-to-shortcut
It might get trickier if the path to the file has spaces.
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I am using a program which checks a config file at every start with the given settings, I am editing a specific line inside the config file very often to find out which option is the best. I wanna add a option to my batch script which asks me for a input that I type inside the command prompt and replaces it with the current text on that line inside the file. The line inside the config file that I want to replace is called max_items: 2. I basically just wanna replace the number everytime I chose the option inside my batch script. I already heard of a text command utility called FART but I don't know if it can really help me with the script that I wanna add to my batch file bc it should ask for a input and replace it with that input. I hope someone has a Idea and can help me out
I am trying to make a batch file that will copy the contents of one file (with problem characters) that sends an email into another file (also vbs) so as to then run it and send a customizable email (customized by various batch things, my program needs to use batch) So I want to use this command:
type mailersample.vbs>> mailerfinal.vbs
BUT I want to edit certain things. Would I need to go through a variable (problem characters), or would I use the set command, in which case, under which format?
I currently have a Windows batch file that runs an .exe file that uses a text file. I am trying to have the Windows batch file run the .exe file multiple times. This, however, requires the use of the same text files to read from. The command prompt gives me the error that the ".txt could not be opened" (I assume from this that it is already open.)
I am trying to see if there is a way in a .bat file to system call to kill that specific text file. The suggestions I see online are to use 'taskkill notepad.exe', but that returns "invalid argument" because the program doesn't open Notepad to use the text file.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
It sounds like your existing script fails because the first instance of the exe is still open when the second instance starts.
One thing worth trying (and this depends on the nature of the application you are invoking) is to start the executable using the START /WAIT /B ... command. This makes the command interpreter wait for the program to exit before it moves onto the next command, so as long as nothing else is locking the text files you should be OK to move onto the next command.
I have created a batch file with 2000 lines of code and which will peroform various operations in my daily work. For this batch file I have to give some inputs to enable/disable some of the operations. Finally the batch file is ready and working fine.
But I want to have a log file in which everything which is coming on the command window should be logged, including the inputs that I have given to the batch file and also the execution process.
Is there any way do like this? Any one of you can help me?
Thanks in advance...
Nagaraju
You are not telling how you are invoking the batch file. You could try adding redirection to the command line (batchfile.bat > filename.log), although that won't catch whatever you type in as input. You could, however, change the script to print out the input parameters so that they could be caught in the log file.
I can find plenty of answers on the internet about how to open a specific file, e.g. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080102230630AAfu5dF
However, I need to provide a way of opening a non-specific file in a program called by a batch file.
To explain, here is an example. The user has a folder with 100 files in with the .xyz extension. He wants to be able to double click on ANY file and open it in his "XYZ Viewer," but to run his XYZ Viewer he needs to run a batch file that alters his registry and then runs the actual XYZ Viewer .exe.
If you select the batch file to be the default program via the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" tickbox, it will open the program, but without using the standard Windows function of opening the file that instigating the running of the program.
Is there a way to run the program through the batch file and for it to both run the program and open whichever file it was that instigated the running of the program?
I suspect this is impossible, but any suggestions would be very gratefully received!
Cheers.
Edit:
The program does eventually support opening a file placed as an argument to it.
My code is
reg import c:\regent\31.2.03.reg
start C:\Program\Program.exe
Does the program eventually support opening a file placed as an argument to it? In the example you linked, mspaint opens the first parameter given to it.
If your batch file isn't currently doing this, you will have to edit it to contain the batch parameter(s).
See http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx?mfr=true for some fuller documentation on it.
Essentially you want to add %1 somewhere like:
reg import c:\regent\31.2.03.reg
start C:\Program\Program.exe %1