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mandiom



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 34
PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:57 pm    Post subject: Cmd Help Reply with quote
Hello guys. I need some help both with AHK and with a DOS command

The following command merges "files.rar" and "image.jpg" (it hides the files in the image and the rar file is opened only if someone tries to open the image (a perfect jpg as far as Windows is concerned) with WinRar or something similar:

COPY /B image.jpg + files.rar newimage.jpg

The new image with the files is named "newimage.jpg"

Obviously, the files must be where cmd is "run from" (if you fire it up while you are in the desktop, the files should be in the desktop). Alternatively, you can move your way to the right place.

My problem is the following:

I am trying to make a gui for the above function. I have two edits where file1 and file2 (image) are dropped. Then, it runs cmd and sends the above above command, but instead of "files.rar" and "image.jpg" it puts the filepaths of the files. The problem is that the command does not seem to work with the entire filepaths. Any ideas?

Also, is there a better way to execute DOS commands rather than having to run command prompt and send the input?

Thanks in advance! Very Happy
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TheIrishThug



Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe it is due to spaces in the full path. Try this
Code:
COPY /B image.jpg + "c:\some\path\files.rar" "c:\some\other\path\newimage.jpg"
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mandiom



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh my God! Quotation marks!!!! It works beautifully now! thank you so much Very Happy

No, to make it prettier, is there a way to execute that command without showing the cmd window? Or, is there a way to send input to a hidden window?
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jaco0646



Joined: 07 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mandiom wrote:
is there a way to execute that command without showing the cmd window?

AHK Help File wrote:
Run, Target [, WorkingDir, Max|Min|Hide|UseErrorLevel, OutputVarPID]

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mandiom



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, I know about that Smile However, if it is hidden, anything sent with the "Send" command will not go to the command prompt, right? Any way to send input to a specific (hidden) window?
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TheIrishThug



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can Run all the commands using ComSpec instead of Send input to the cmd.
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ChalamiuS



Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You could use ControlSend too Smile

mandiom wrote:
Also, is there a better way to execute DOS commands rather than having to run command prompt and send the input?


Yes Very Happy

Code:

Run,%ComSpec% /c "Commands" ;Add ,,Hide to hide it too :)

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garry



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: switzerland
PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
examples
Code:
;---- 1st example  minimized
Run,%comspec% /k, , Min UseErrorLevel, CMDPID
WinWait, ahk_pid %CMDPID%
ControlSend, ,dir{Enter}, ahk_pid %CMDPID%
return

;  2nd example hidden -------
mycommand=dir
Run, %comspec% /c %mycommand%, ,Hide
return
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mandiom



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the replies guys Very Happy

Since I'm pretty new, I was will focus on the simplest line of code I saw:

Code:
Run,%ComSpec% /c "Commands" ;Add ,,Hide to hide it too :)


So, isn't %ComSpec% a variable? Does the command just work with that syntax and I only change whatever is in "Commands" ?

And the how do I close cmd.exe beside winclose?

Thank again Smile
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garry



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: switzerland
PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
%comspec% is for cmd.exe (or command.exe )
examples:
Quote:

command1=dir
command2=ver
command3=charmap
Run, %comspec% /c %command1%, ,Hide ;see nothing
Run, %comspec% /k %command1%
Runwait, %comspec% /k %command2% ;waits until close
Run, %comspec% /k %command3%
Run, %comspec% /k %command1%


to close DOS window with GUI see command process
Code:
STREAMRIPPER  =c:\streamripper\streamripper.exe
run,%COMSPEC% /K %streamripper% http://collectors.no-ip.org:8000 --xs_padding=6000:8000 -t -d _STREAM
      Process,wait,streamripper.exe
      PID2 = %ErrorLevel%
return

Guiclose:
process,close,%PID2%
exitapp
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mandiom



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The command I want to send is the following:

Code:
COPY /B{Space}"%path2%"{Space}+{Space}"%path1%"{Space}"A_ScriptDir%\newimage.jpg"{Enter}


It does not seem to work when I put
Code:

Command1 = COPY /B{Space}"%path2%"{Space}+{Space}"%path1%"{Space}


and then

Code:
Run, %comspec% /c %Command1%, , ;Hide see nothing


EDIT: Never mind. I think it's ok now! Thank you so much!

The closing method you mentioned looks a bit complicated... Also, it seems to be connecting to a website, and I'm not too fond of that (if it isn't please pardon my ignorance). Is it still ok if I leave
Code:
WinClose, Cmd.exe
??
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garry



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: switzerland
PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
example above closes the right process depending PID when quit ahk script
some examples
example below closes DOS not depending from PID
Code:
;WinClose [, WinTitle, WinText, SecondsToWait, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText]
DetectHiddenWindows, ON
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
winclose,cmd.exe
exitapp


opens DOS window folder from activated window ctrl+alt+d
Code:
^!d::
 ID := WinExist("A")
 WinGetClass, Class, ahk_id %ID%
 ControlGetText,ePath, Edit1, ahk_id %ID%
 Run,%comspec% /k, %epath%
return


opens ahk helpfile ctrl+alt+h
Code:

^!h::
run,%A_programfiles%\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.chm
return


copy with DOS or Autohotkey command filecopy
Code:
RU1=c:\test1
RU2=c:\test2
;filecopy,%RU1%\*.mp3,%RU2%
runwait,%comspec% /c xcopy %RU1%\*.mp3 %RU2%          ;/c DOS window will close when xcopy finished
msgbox, 262192, COPY all MP3 from %RU1% to %RU2%,Copied all mp3 files  from %RU1%  to   %RU2% is now finished
return
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