Instead of doing a carriage return put a ^M at the end of your batch file.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Ken Cornetet <[email protected]>wrote: > I’m going to guess that the application is reading the password from the > console device instead of STDIN. I don’t think there is an easy way around > that from a batch file. There may be some third-party utilities that can > stuff keystrokes into the console buffer.**** > > ** ** > > I’d have a look at AutoIt. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:29 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Can you do this with .CMD?**** > > ** ** > > You could certainly do it in VBScript, I reckon, which XP should deal with. > **** > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email > RELIABLY**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *David Lum <[email protected]> **** > > *Date: *Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:23:23 +0000**** > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]>**** > > *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected] > >**** > > *Subject: *Can you do this with .CMD?**** > > ** ** > > Use a batch file to launch an application and then send two carriage > returns to this app? I can do one, but not two. Running the program is asks > for username (hitting ENTER it uses a default, which is desired), then when > you hit <CR> it asks for a password.**** > > ** ** > > My batch file looks like this:**** > > programtorun < c:\windows\temp\answerfile.txt**** > > ** ** > > Answerfile.txt contains **** > > <carriage return>**** > > Password <carriage return>**** > > ** ** > > The app runs but sits and waits for the password, so it’s only > processesing the first <CR>. Surely this is a simple one? Some pipe > command? Maybe I should get out my old DOS 5.0 book…**** > > ** ** > > Please, no PoSh because I have tons of XP machines that need to run this…* > *** > > *David Lum* > Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Daniel Rodriguez [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
