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How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 3:29:33 AM   
  khedstro

 

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Status: offline 		I am running a one program terminal service session and the program I am running is MulitView emulator. When I close the program it does not close the terminal service session. I was given the below batch file to run that would close the session when MultiView was closed.

start /wait MultiView.exe
logoff.exe

This works, but I am wondering how can I accomplish this same thing using a VB Script? I ask because I want the script to run without showing the command prompt window. I want the script to run without seeing it. Silently. I know I could use the .run command, but I am not sure how to write the script. Help!?!?!?
 
 
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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 4:01:48 AM   
  esnmb

 

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Status: offline 		If it is launched via WSCRIPT then you will not see the script window. Basically double click on the VBS.

Const SHOW_ACTIVE_APP = 1
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

objShell.Run ("calc.exe"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True
Wscript.Quit

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 4:12:56 AM   
  esnmb

 

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Status: offline 		You can do the same thing with some different formating.

Const SHOW_ACTIVE_APP = 1
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

objShell.Run "calc.exe", SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True ' The script will continue until calc is closed.
Wscript.Quit

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 5:23:14 AM   
  khedstro

 

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Status: offline 		I can't seem to get it to work. I appreciate your help very much. This is what I have setup as a batch file.

@ echo off
start /wait "C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"
logoff.exe

This is what I put in the vb script

Const SHOW_ACTIVE_APP = 1
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True
Wscript.Quit

I get an error at line 4 character 71, expected ')'

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 5:54:10 AM   
  mbouchard


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Status: offline 		[quote[objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True[/quote]

The above line should be something like
[quote[objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True[/quote]

Or if you need to seperate the COINS from the JSBTERM with quotes

[quote[objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" & "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True[/quote]

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 8:32:26 AM   
  khedstro

 

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Status: offline 		I tried to use the below tip

[quote[objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" & "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True[/quote]

I get a type mismatch error now. I am not sure what to do from here. This is what I have in the script now.

Const SHOW_ACTIVE_APP = 1
Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

[quote[objShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe" & "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"), SHOW_ACTIVE_APP, True[/quote]
Wscript.Quit

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 8:38:57 AM   
  tnoonan

 

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Status: offline 		Remove [quote[ And [/quote]
You were not supose to copy those.

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 8:38:58 AM   
  token

 

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Status: offline 		You could do something like this:

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objShell.Run ("""C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe""" & """ C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"""), 0, True
objShell.Run ("%COMSPEC% /C logoff.exe"), 0, True

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 9:16:01 AM   
  khedstro

 

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Status: offline 		This almost works

objShell.Run ("""C:\Program Files\MultiView\MultiView 2000\jsbterm.exe""" & """ C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt"""), 0, True
objShell.Run ("%COMSPEC% /C logoff.exe"), 0, True

It begins to load the program, but when it gets to the .zzt file it fails to load. I get an error that says invalid path when I know that C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt is there. It is almost there. Any ideas? thanks

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 9:19:29 AM   
  token

 

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Status: offline 		Exact error message ?

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 9:26:10 AM   
  khedstro

 

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Status: offline 		The error is a Windows error message
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt contains an invalid path.

I then click OK and then it says another error
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\ C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt error loading file.

Any ideas?

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 9:32:45 AM   
  tnoonan

 

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Status: offline 		Is the file in use, Locked, Read only

Check file attribs

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Re: How can I run a program using a vb script - 2/25/2005 9:43:31 AM   
  token

 

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Status: offline 		If the error message that you got (either from the program itself or from Windows) indicates that "C:\Program Files\MultiView\COINS.zzt" cannot be found, something else is most likely to be the problem since the script did successfully pass the argument to the multiview program.

Could you try to manually run the program and see if you got any errors ? Like tnoonan said, it might be the file is locked.

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