[diodepump]

Hi
I want to create a batch file that starts one win2000 app then wait 20 secs and start another win2000 app.
My prob is that the first app requires a prompt to continue and i want the batch file to ignore the prompt and start the timer of 20 secs and then run the second app
e.g.
echo off

"C:\Program Files\start app A"

ping -n 22 127.0.0.1 >nul : wait 20 secs
C:\start prog B

[Squashman]

Your syntax for using start is wrong.

start "C:\Program Files\Directory\Program.exe"

You may want to look into using AutoIT.
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

[diodepump]

Hi
I tried using..... start "C:\Program Files\Directory\Program.exe"
All it did is open a dos box with a title of ....C:\Program Files\Directory\Program.exe
Any ideas?
thanx

[Squashman]

Can you show us the actual batch file.

[desmin]

dont ping to 127.0.0.1 i dont remember but i think i use 0.0.0.0
try that

[Mosaic1]

Here's an example of starting solitaire and then notepad.

Pinging address is loopback either way and makes no difference. The ping is used as a delay tactic.


start sol.exe && ping -n 20 127.0.0.1 >nul && start Notepad.exe

What this does is it starts solitaire. And once sol is started successfully, the ping delay starts. Once the ping has successfully executed, then notepad is started.

The double ampersands are there for that reason. You can string commands together. Using this technique, the next command will not execute unless the previous has been successfully executed.

See if this helps. But if the first app requires user intervention to continue, that first app is not going to function correctly once started. If this doesn't work, you'll have to look into using some other method to send a message to app1.

[Mosaic1]

If you use || instead of the &&, then the next command runs if the first is not successful.

However, the fact that he first app waits for user intervention may be problem. And as mentioned above, you'll have to resolve that issue more than likely if that's the case.

[goldhat]

try this it works for me PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 20000 >NUL

[diodepump]

hello all
i got it to work with START command without the quote marks but i had to run the batch file command from the directory in which the prog.exe resides.
The reason for using the START command was because the first prog starts and prompts for confirmation before continuing therefore the second prog will never start unless the prompt is accepted first.I wanted the batch file to ignore this prompt and continue .
Thank you all for your help

[Squashman]

Like I said, if you would have just posted your original batch file we could have resolved it alot easier. It was most likely a syntax problem. You don't have to run the batch file from the directory where the program resides if you use the full path.

We can only help people if you provide all the information we need to give you the proper solution.