Rich Cooper wrote:
> I'm trying to pipe a DOS command to a file using a ShellExecute,
> but it doesn't create the output file. Here's the code:
>
> var D : string;
> ...
> D := GetStartDir;
> ShellExecute(0,pChar('ipconfig/all >
> '),pchar('harbor.txt'),nil,pChar(D),SW_SHOWNORMAL);
> ...
>
> but no file named 'harbor.txt' gets created. Does anyone know how to
> fix this?
First, "ipconfig/all >" is not a shell verb. Did you read the
documentation for ShellExecute before composing the code above?
Second, you're telling ShellExecute to look in the registry for the
"ipconfig/all >" key for files named *.txt, and then execute the command
it finds there on the harbor.txt file, which I'm guessing doesn't even
exist.
Third, note that command-line redirection is performed by the
command-line interpreter. ShellExecute is not a command-line
interpreter. Read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/05/16/598893.aspx
You should be able to find lots of example code to solve your problem
with the following search:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pipe+dos+command&as_ugroup=*delphi*
Fourth, ipconfig is not a DOS command. It's a console program, but it's
a fully fledged Windows program. Try to run it in DOS (if you even have
a computer with DOS installed anymore), and you'll simply be told that
it needs to run in Win32 mode.
Finally, type-casting a string literal to PChar is not necessary and can
sometimes lead to problems. A string literal can be used as any
string-related type, including AnsiString, WideString, PAnsiChar, and
PWideChar. The compiler will choose based on what it needs. You don't
need to tell it.
--
Rob
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