Understood. As a place to start, substitute your batch or executable for "testbat.bat" and put your argument list in the lpParameters text value.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:15 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Silent LAUNCH command. > Many thanks, Mike. > > To be honest I do not understand what you are telling me. > > But, before I ask for any further help, I'd like to try for myself to see if > I can work out for myself what to do with what you have given me. I have > read it through a few times and there is at least a faint glow of light at > the end of the tunnel. I might learn what the code is doing that way and then > be able to adapt it in the future but I need to do a bit of reading of the > help files first. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:25 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Silent LAUNCH command. > > >> Alastair, >> >> The WScript.Shell object is a COM object wrapper for the ShellExecute API, >> which you can call directly from RBase using the DLCall function. The >> parameters argument for ShellExecute is where you would put your comma >> separated values (or whatever separator the executable is expecting). >> Another thing, since RBase uses single quotes, and these APIs expect double >> quotes, it takes the work out of the quote business. This is guaranteed to >> be silent and zippier, since there is no COM overhead. >> >> --Begin code >> { >> ShellExecute.rmd example by Mike Byerley >> } >> { >> >> The Windows API declaration of Shellexecute: >> >> HINSTANCE ShellExecute( HWND hwnd, >> LPCTSTR lpOperation, >> LPCTSTR lpFile, >> LPCTSTR lpParameters, >> LPCTSTR lpDirectory, >> INT nShowCmd >> ); >> Syntax located at: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153(VS.85).aspx >> >> } >> SET VAR nShowCmd Integer = 0 { SW_HIDE } >> SET VAR lpDirectory TEXT = NULL >> SET VAR lpParameters TEXT = NULL >> SET VAR lpFile TEXT = 'TestBat.bat' >> SET VAR lpOperation TEXT = 'open' >> SET VAR HWND Integer = 0 { since it runs hidden, pass HWND as null } >> >> SET VAR vRetVal Integer = NULL >> >> IF (chkfunc('ShellExecuteA')) = 0 THEN >> STDCALL function 'ShellExecuteA' ALIAS 'ShellExecute' + >> (Integer, ptr TEXT (256), ptr TEXT (128), + >> ptr TEXT (128), ptr TEXT (32), Integer) : Integer >> ENDIF >> >> SET VAR vi = (dlcall('shell32.dll', 'ShellExecuteA', + >> nShowCmd, lpDirectory, lpParameters, lpFile, lpOperation, HWND)) >> >> RETURN >> >> --End code >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:06 PM >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Silent LAUNCH command. >> >> >> Many thanks, Larry. >> >> I had already tried the double quotes and even found something on the >> internet that used double double quotes but had no luck with it. >> >> From your first response I'll try a new version of my InvisibleDOS.VBS file >> >> CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & >> WScript.Arguments(1)& WScript.Arguments(2)"""", 0, False >> >> and play with that to see if I can make it work somehow - at least that >> gives me something to work on. >> >> Again, thanks, >> Regards, >> Alastair. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Lawrence Lustig >> To: RBASE-L Mailing List >> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:35 PM >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Silent LAUNCH command. >> >> >> Additionally, if your problem is that the batch file is getting executed >> _without_ the parameters, the problem is the script is being passed three >> parameters, but uses only the first as the command line to execute. >> >> You may be able to fix this by passing the entire command line in quote >> characters: >> >> LAUNCH InvisibleDOS.VBS|"C:\DosPrograms\Attrib.BAT I: -R|W" >> >> And, depending on your own quote settings, you may need to surround the >> whole launch string in quotes and/or double up your double quotes. >> -- >> Larry >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1592 - Release Date: 05/08/2008 >> 06:03 >> >> --- RBASE-L >> ================================================ >> TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: >> Send a plain text email to [email protected] >> >> (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: >> INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, >> REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) >> ================================================ >> TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >> Send a plain text email to [email protected] >> In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO >> ================================================ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] >> In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE >> ================================================ >> TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >> Send a plain text email to [email protected] >> In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n >> (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to >> search for. >> ================================================ >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: >> 270.5.12/1592 - Release Date: 05/08/2008 06:03 >> >> >> > > >
