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Run an executable passing parameters/switches - 6/6/2001 4:44:19 PM

SteveTomalin

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I am new to VBScript.
Drkesrel provided the solution below to someone who previously asked how to run an executable from VBscript. I need to also pass parameters and/or command line switches to executables. Could someone expand please?

Many Thanks Steve Tomalin

Solution from Drkesrel
"Very Simply:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "c:\myprogram.exe"

You can do a whole lot more with it, but that's the basic command."

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Re: Run an executable passing parameters/switches - 6/6/2001 11:37:55 PM

dougc

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Hi Steve,

Just enter the parameters right behind the executables

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "ping visualbasicscript.com"

I got this from MS site

Run Method
Creates a new process that executes strCommand.

object.Run (strCommand, [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn])

Arguments
object

WshShell object.

strCommand

Environment variables within the strCommand parameter are automatically expanded.

intWindowStyle

Optional. Sets the window style of the program being run.

bWaitOnReturn

Optional. If bWaitOnReturn is not specified or FALSE, immediately returns to script execution rather than waiting for the process to end.

If bWaitOnReturn is set to TRUE, the Run method returns any error code returned by the application.

If bWaitOnReturn is not specified or is FALSE, the Run method returns an error code of 0 (zero).

Remarks
The following table lists the available settings for intWindowStyle:

intWindowStyle Description
0 Hides the window and activates another window.
1 Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.
2 Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
3 Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
4 Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The active window remains active.
5 Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
6 Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the Z order.
7 Displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active.
8 Displays the window in its current state. The active window remains active.
9 Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window.
10 Sets the show state based on the state of the program that started the application.

Example
The following example runs Microsoft Notepad and opens the currently running script:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run ("%windir%\notepad" & WScript.ScriptFullName)
The following example returns the error code from the executed application:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName, 1, TRUE)

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Re: Run an executable passing parameters/switches - 6/7/2001 3:07:57 AM

SteveTomalin

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Thanks Doug,

This information has probably answered what would have been my next half a dozen questions as well. After a bit of trial an error I came up with the follwing test which seems to work:

dim wshShell, par1, par2, par3
par1 = "apples"
par2 = "pears"
par3 = "stairs"
MsgBox(par1 & " " & par2 & " " & par3)
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run("c:\vbscript\steve.bat "& par1 & " " & par2 & " " & par3)

Once again, many thanks

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