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Hello,
I wanted to use cmdret to get output from 7zip, but there's one issue.
Some archives are encrypted. In such case 7zip waits for the password.
It would be great if CmdRet could not only get the returned text, but also write to stdin. However, if it's too much, could you return pid of the spawned program? In such case I could at least kill the program and inform the user that encrypted archives are not supported.
And one more suggestion. Why output to a control? It seems overly complicated, in my case I have to create an invisible control just to get messages from CmdRet.

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There is an option for stdin in the RunWEx(CMD, CMDdir, CMDin, CMDout, CMDerr) function but an option to wait for output before sending something to stdin is not currently supported (possibly in the next version) .

The latest beta version (download) will currently return the handle to the process when using the RunWCB() function. The next version is planned to support stdin in a similar callback function.

The optional function RunInControl() that is designed to output to control is mainly designed as a quick way to show console output in a GUI. There is no need to use this function if you don't need the user to view the output. Is there something in this function that you need that doesn't exist in the other functions? The RunReturn() or RunRedirect() functions should allow receiving output without having to use a hidden control.

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks, but I implemented it already.. with callbacks too.
I've got an impression that RunInControl is the only function that doesn't return all output at once and therefore - let me react if something happens on the way.

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hi corrupt,

i tried using the 3.1.2 dll version and your RunInCtrl Example. It always crashed the Autohotkey Script keep it not responding.

That means ... i started the Script. Clicked thru the tabs. Selected 1st tab, hit the button waited untill ping was done (some strange Asian chars appeared where Umlauts should have been) and then ... nothing

The Ping successfully did its Job, but the script got stuck. No more switching Tabs nothing. On ContextMenu Click in Taskbar windows told me that the application crashed.

Im running win2k sp4 (german) with ahk 1.0.47.06 and your latest supplied dll.

greetings
DerRaphael

great job btw

edit i just tried the beta 4a version with same issue. while it runs everything is ok. but as soon the executed command is done, the script still thinks its runnin (so it tells me in status bar)
exiting the process manually with ProcessExplorer resulted in a crash much the way it did with prior versions.

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Hi!
Im trying to use cmdret to get streaming output from serialterm (a command line serial port utility)
If I use the code below I get this error





I don't know if serialterm is 16bit - I don't think I'd get anything at all if it was though.

If I use the streaming code

I just get a blank gui - with and without the cmdstub.exe bit

I must be misunderstanding something. What I need is to see the hex values sent to my com port (in a way which I can use as variables in a script).

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

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I'm experiencing the same crashing with v3.1.2 and 4a beta as DerRaphael mentioned. I'm also running 2k SP4 with AHK 1.0.47.06.

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Thanks for the reports. I don't have Win2k running on a machine at the moment but I'll try and set something up and give it a try soon. I'll have a look at serialterm also.

Out of curiousity, does this happen with version 3.2.1 (latest stable release) ?

Thanks Do you have a sample script available that I can use for testing?

Yes it does, with 1.0.47.06 and the new beta.

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Out of curiousity, was there a previous release of the dll version that didn't hang for you? Which function are you currently using and which application are you running? Is the application 32 bit? Could you please provide an example that I can use for troubleshooting? Thanks

I was just using the scripts that came with the dll. I don't think I tried any of the earlier versions.

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Hmm... well that's not good... Sounds like I'll have to revive my test machine. Out of curiosity, does holding the <ESC> button when running the test script for the beta version (4a) kill the process?

Beta version 4b - Download (dll & demo scripts)

- different method used for callback in RunWCB() function
- changed order of callback params (please see demo scripts)
- added the previous functions from version 3.2.1 to the dll

It doesn't. I get a << Process Terminated by Esc Key >> message and then it freezes/crashes.

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