Registered Member #116
Joined Thu Aug 26 2004, 12:30AM
posts 34
Hello,
I use a couple of apps with command line functionality (kX project for example), i usually make a !bang out of these using mzscript.
Works great - but a dos box shows up everytime they're called.
I know you can 'hide' dos boxes using something like wndman.dll, but this causes problems when i DO want to work in a dosbox - and most of the time, you see the box appear for a split second before it is recognized and hidden by the module. Is there a cleaner way i'm not aware of? Windows .lnk files can run commands without showing the dosbox - i could make .lnk files for every command, but I'd prefer having not to.
Registered Member #116
Joined: Thu Aug 26 2004, 12:30AM
posts 34
Can't get it to work
It works flawlessly from a DOS box though, if I type the command manually. But it doesn't when I try to call it from Litestep -
tried typing the exact same thing in LSXCommand, for example.
Found some good info here >> http://www.computerhope.com/starthlp.htm#01
Any tips?
Registered Member #162
Joined: Wed Oct 13 2004, 10:15PM
posts 13
You can't call "start" because it's not an executable (it's a command within the cmd.exe shell). If you want to run start from litestep you have to use something like...
cmd /c start /b whatever.exe arg1 arg2
That will still result in a shell window for the original cmd call.
There is a solution, however. The following approach should do the trick.
1. create a text file and add the following code...
Set objArgs = Wscript.Arguments
cmdStr = ""
For Each strArg in objArgs
cmdStr = cmdStr & strArg & " "
Next
cmdStr = replace(cmdStr, "'", """")
Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
intReturn = WshShell.Run(cmdStr, 0, true)
2. save the file somewhere in your path as "run_background.vbs"
3. you can now call this file from litestep. the argument for the command is the command that you want to run. so it would look something like this...
!execute [run_background.vbs "c:\somepath\foo.exe arg1 'arg2 in quotes'"]
the single quotes will be replaced by double quotes in the resulting command. make sense? if you want to use cmd.exe commands, you can do so using the "cmd /s ..." syntax. beware that some antivirus software (NAV for example) disables windows script host scripts by default.
Registered Member #116
Joined: Thu Aug 26 2004, 12:30AM
posts 34
It does, thanks for the trouble... but c'mon, don't you people agree this is something Litestep should be able to do without any 'hacks?' (no offense to your solution)
You can find nircmd.exe at http://www.nirsoft.net/
It allow lots of things, like calling other apps without the dos box, but have also many more feature (writing to registry, starting screensaver, closing Windows(tm), hibernate, etc)
It's really a must have !
Juan Guillermo
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31 Oct : 23:46
Thanks a lot for your GREAT work guis , xmodules are transforming the Litestep shell in a much more fancy/varsatile thing.
AngelKnight
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30 Oct : 16:44
^_^
Backslash
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29 Oct : 00:54
>Andymon - woot!
>GothsSecret - If necessary, you could probably reduce the gaps between the center and the sides, for those with lower resolutions (not me, I'm at 1280x1024!).
Andymon
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28 Oct : 13:02
Just wanna tell:
HighColor(16bit) is coming for all xModules in the near future, finally.
GothsSecret
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28 Oct : 11:47
hehe, now I like it too, I wassn't sure if it'll look good if we put a second menu right handed but now it's ok, so no need for a complete change anymore
BobixLeSage
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28 Oct : 11:34
Hello everyone!
This layout is just fine, don't get why you want to change it?!
