HOW TO RUN BATCH FILE

[Nidal Qunibi]

hi

if im in DOS PROMPT and i did write this command

c:\type con>com2 <enter>
!#1 hello how are you <enter>
!#2 welcome <enter>
<ctrl C> ---this will end the statement

WHAT I DID IS CREATING BATCH FILE 'PORT.BAT'
THE STATEMENT IN THE BATCH FILE IS :

TYPE CON<COM2
!#1 hello how are you
!#2 welcome

AND I DID CREATE ONE PB PROGRAM

SHELL "PORT.BAT"

BUT ONCE I RUN IT , IT IS STOP AFTER THE FIRST LINE
----> TYPE CON<COM2
AND THE CURSOR STAND ON THE SECOND LINE WAITING FORM ME TO WRITE THE DATA

IS THERE ANY WAY TO PASS THE SECOND AND THIRD LINES AS PARAMETERS


I NEED ONE PB PROGRAM TO RUN THESE STATEMENTS


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Nidal

[Lance Edmonds]

This seems like a very unusual way to simply send two lines of data through the COM port, when you can do the same thing from within a PowerBASIC application without any of the drama involved in STDIN redirection, error trapping, etc. For example:

$ERROR ALL ON
ON ERROR RESUME NEXT
OPEN "COM2:9600,N,8,1" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
IF ISFALSE ERR THEN 
  PRINT #1, "!#1 hello how are you"
  PRINT #1, "!#2 welcome"
  CLOSE #1
END IF

I hope this helps.

PS: Please avoiding using captials/uppercase in your messages, as it is often perceived as SHOUTING, and may even be offensive to some some folks. Thanks!


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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[Nidal Qunibi]

PS: Please avoiding using captials/uppercase in your messages, as it is often perceived as SHOUTING, and may even be offensive to some some folks. Thanks!

hi lance


thank for the code you give to me it is working fine

but about the captials/uppercase rule this is the first time for me
that i know about it.

any way thanks

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Nidal

[Mel Bishop]

Nidal, the use of caps is all a matter of perception. Caps can
be also used for emphasis. There is no actual law, that I know
of, that says you can't.

Besides if you program a computer to do what you MEANT for it to
do instead of doing what you TELL it to do, there wouldn't be
any need for shouting.


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[Lance Edmonds]

It's common courtesy and standard netiquette practice to avoid using capitals... plus unwarranted shouting is against the law on this BBS!

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[Amos Vryhof]

We....how unwarranted is the shouting? I'm here in the United
States....there are alot of users around the world.....perhaps
for them to hear what I am saying I should <U>SHOUT LOUDER</U>

Then again....I think that just depends on who you are..



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Amos
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[This message has been edited by Amos Vryhof (edited June 06, 2002).]

[Matthew Berg]

There is no actual law, that I know of, that says you can't.

RFC 1855 would beg to differ:

[*]Use mixed case. UPPER CASE LOOKS AS IF YOU'RE SHOUTING.