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01-13-2009
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| | Trying to mimic "Start/Run" in Win 2000/XP? I can input a line into Start / Run and it works fine. I'm trying to put that into a script so I can automate it. Unfortunately, my expertise (what little I have!) is VBA macros, not scripting. What I have is: Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents \Convert.exe ""C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents \Convert.exe""" Can someone help me get this going, please? Many thanks! Ed |
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01-13-2009
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| | Re: Trying to mimic "Start/Run" in Win 2000/XP? "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofwhat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:bed39c12-d669-40f5-bfa3-918c735167da@xxxxxx Quote: >I can input a line into Start / Run and it works fine. I'm trying to > put that into a script so I can automate it. Unfortunately, my > expertise (what little I have!) is VBA macros, not scripting. > > What I have is: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > WSHShell.Run "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > \Convert.exe ""C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > \Convert.exe""" > > Can someone help me get this going, please? > > Many thanks! > Ed |
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01-13-2009
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| | Re: Trying to mimic "Start/Run" in Win 2000/XP? "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofwhat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:bed39c12-d669-40f5-bfa3-918c735167da@xxxxxx Quote: >I can input a line into Start / Run and it works fine. I'm trying to > put that into a script so I can automate it. Unfortunately, my > expertise (what little I have!) is VBA macros, not scripting. > > What I have is: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > WSHShell.Run "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > \Convert.exe ""C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > \Convert.exe""" > > Can someone help me get this going, please? with no parameters, try this: Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Convert.exe""" If a parameter is required, try this: Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Convert.exe"" parameter" If the parameter is the path to a file, it should probably be quoted as well: Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Convert.exe"" ""C:\program files\z\setup.ini""" /Al |
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01-14-2009
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| | Re: Trying to mimic "Start/Run" in Win 2000/XP? Thank you, Al! That got me going. Ed On Jan 13, 3:42*pm, "Al Dunbar" <aland...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofw...@xxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:bed39c12-d669-40f5-bfa3-918c735167da@xxxxxx > Quote: > >I can input a line into Start / Run and it works fine. *I'm trying to > > put that into a script so I can automate it. *Unfortunately, my > > expertise (what little I have!) is VBA macros, not scripting. Quote: > > What I have is: Quote: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > > WSHShell.Run "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > > \Convert.exe ""C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents > > \Convert.exe""" Quote: > > Can someone help me get this going, please? > Assuming that the command line you want to run is simply to run convert.exe > with no parameters, try this: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My > Documents\Convert.exe""" > > If a parameter is required, try this: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My > Documents\Convert.exe"" parameter" > > If the parameter is the path to a file, it should probably be quoted as > well: > > Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > WSHShell.Run """C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My > Documents\Convert.exe"" ""C:\program files\z\setup.ini""" > > /Al |
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