[juliette salexa]

Hello,
Does anybody use Windows Script Host ??

I want to write a program that:
1. runs program.exe
2. once program.exe opens (it will be a new window), it types "filename" into the newly opened window. Then my program instructs the computer to press "enter"
3. The program now instructs the computer to type in "Y" and "Enter" in the same window as step 2.
4. The program instructs windows to close the window to which steps 2 and 3 refer.

This is very simple, but I don't know how to do it!

I'm pretty sure Windows can do this because i can do this pretty easily in UNIX, the only problem is that program.exe only runs on Windows ..

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Squashman]

If the program you want to run is graphical and doesn't take any cmd line arguments then you would need to use a program like AutoHotkey or AutoIt to do what you want to do.

[juliette salexa]

Originally Posted by Squashman

If the program you want to run is graphical and doesn't take any cmd line arguments then you would need to use a program like AutoHotkey or AutoIt to do what you want to do.

Thanks ..
It's a GUI, but I've made the program such that everything the program does is based on typed in commands.

I could type in the commands myself, but I'd have to do the same thing over and over again for a thousand different files.

Do I still have to use AutoHotKey or AutoIt to do this ?? And if so, which would you recommend ??

Thanks a lot Squashman!

[TheOutcaste]

If you can close the window using ALT+F4, this should work, just substitute program.exe for notepad.exe. The Sleep commands might need to be adjusted, or might not be needed at all. This will not prevent another program from stealing the focus, it simply sends keystrokes to the active window:

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "notepad.exe"
Wscript.Sleep 1500
objShell.SendKeys "filename"
Wscript.Sleep 100
objShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
Wscript.Sleep 100
objShell.SendKeys "y"
Wscript.Sleep 100
objShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
Wscript.Sleep 100
objShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
WScript.Quit

The % is used to send ALT.

Notepad will prompt to save when closed, this example lets the user make a choice.
You could send ALT+Y (objShell.SendKeys "%y") to save, send a file name (including drive&path), then ALT+S to save, or ALT+N to not save.

More info on the SendKeys Method.

AutoIt or AutoHotKeys would also be good choices. I haven't used either enough to be able to recommend one over the other.

HTH

Jerry