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I'm working on a script that's intended to be run from a command prompt, and I'd like to be able to report status messages to the command prompt the script was run from.

As I understand it, I'd do this by using FileAppend and sending the output to an * instead of an actual file. However, I read this section in the help file under FileAppend:

"However, text sent to stdout will not appear at the command prompt it was launched from. This can be worked around by piping a script's output to another command or program. For example:
1) "%ProgramFiles%\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "My Script.ahk" |more
2) For /F "tokens=*" %L in ('""%ProgramFiles%\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "My Script .ahk""') do @Echo %L"

Has anyone figured out a way around this?

In case I'm not clear, I'd like to, for example, report a program's successful execution back to the command prompt. For example if this was the contents of test.ahk:

if (success = "yes")
{
FileAppend,
(
executed successfully
), *

}

Executing it at a command prompt would look like this:

C:\> test.ahk
executed successfully

C:\>

Well, assuming you have the StdOut into a variable, ("VariableHere") in this case


Tested.

you probably want to remove the prompt command, and change Echo Off to @Echo off if you are going to do it this way.

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Oh stfu it works fine lol

Sorry, but doesnt work for me.

If I put exact the same lines from above into a ahk script neither starting this script nor the comiled exe gives the output into the same dos box, where I startet it.
Always a new dos box pops up:-(


...any idea someone what I'm doing wrong ?
(thanks)

copa

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WinXp Pro, German
AHK 1.0.47.06

the documentation states:

The script above was designed to open a new dos window, so it will.

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ups, but many thanks for your reply !

I thought while reading the TO

that there was a need for command line output in the same dos box.

Ok, then: How can I produce output in the same dos box ?
(I'm really sorry, if this question is somehow stupid...)

instead of run try it will run the batch file in the current console window (run will start a new one)

You might be interested in this script by Lexikos
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtop ... 921#180719

and this one, Console application with ahk
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic30759.html

HugoV, thanks for your effort, but no luck on my side...




Doesnt work since the dos box where the script is started is waiting actually for the script to finish until it accepts new input

And the other 2 links are interesting, but they both cover scripts that open another dos box for user input/output.


BTW If someone is interested what I need this for: Its for writing a so called "hook" for Subversion (SVN, a sw sources versioning repository similar to CVS).
The result of the server-side running "hook" needs to be returned by stdout so the user can read it then on its SVN client..

If there is a way to check with AHK if it is ready before you use send that should work. The purpose of the other two is that you run the application within those scripts so you can monitor feedback more easily e.g. you now start a batch process and THEN you want to do something with AHK. Start the AHK first, which runs the first batch and THEN your second batch etc all from with the console created by your AHK. (if that makes any sense). Perhaps CMDret (search the forum) is something you might want to look into.

Even though you cannot read it in the dos window, another program calling your exe and reading the output will be able to see it. AHK can print to stdout, but just not to the console window.

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Not true!

Run from command prompt.

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@ahklerner
Great ! This works like charm, Thank you !
(Should be part of the help file ???)

@All
Thanks to everybody for your help.

edit:
now (with this keyword "AttachConsole") I found a thread that covers this problem:
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27854
Sorry, that I couldnt find it before...