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hide dos box - 12/10/2007 1:24:55 AM

BMeX

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Hello Everybody!

I hope you can help me!

When I do a ping, I have to log the number of miliseconds (availability). With the following code, I do the ping and store
the return value in string "sCMT_Ping":

CODE:
sServer = "ServerXY"
sCMD = "%comspec% /c ping -n 1 " & sServer
WScript.Sleep sDelay
Set objExec = objShell.Exec(sCMD)
sCMT_Ping = objExec.StdOut.ReadAll

My problem now is, that the dos box every time is popping up and that is bothersome, if I have 16 servers to ping in succession.
Can you help me? I know, an alternative is, that I use objShell.Run but it only returns me a number and I have to analyse the
availability in miliseconds. I read too, that i can not hide the dosbox with objShell.Exec() but I think anyone of you can help me surely.

KR, BMeX

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RE: hide dos box - 12/10/2007 2:33:58 AM

ebgreen

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Have a look at the .Run method of the WshShell object. You can use it to specifiy that the command be run minimized. Unfortunately it does not give access to STDOUT so you will need to have the command pipe it's output to a temp file then read the file. You could also consider using WMI to ping and then there wouldn't be a window to deal with at all.

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RE: hide dos box - 12/10/2007 5:07:33 AM

mcds99

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Take a look at WMI Ping as well it uses the local WMI interface to do the pings it's faster and has return codes that can
be used in troubleshooting :-)

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RE: hide dos box - 12/10/2007 7:14:40 PM

BMeX

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Hello Everybody

Thanks for help, i looked for wmi ping in google and i exactly found what I have need.
Have a look at: http://cwashington.netreach.net/depo/view.asp?Index=1059

I never get this out without your help.
Thanks again!

BMeX

P.S. I'm sorry, my english is bad but the other people can't help me. But I see, you understood me :-)

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