How to construct a string with embedded double quotes

[Dale Yarker]

Like this?

[Ray Crumrine]

What do you mean by "sending the string to DOS" ?
Please post the line generating the "syntax error" and details of the error.

#COMPILE EXE "E:\enable.exe"
#DIM ALL
$x = "netsh.exe interface set interface ""Local Area Connection"" admin=enabled"
$eport = "Local Area Connection"

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
LOCAL result AS LONG

REM z$="netsh.exe interface set interface " + $DQ + $eport + $DQ + " admin=enabled"
SHELL $x,0, EXIT TO result
IF result THEN
MSGBOX "Error" + STR$(result) + " enabling ethernet"
END IF
END FUNCTION

C:\Users\Ray>netsh.exe interface set interface ""Local Area Connection"" admin=enabled
Area is not an acceptable value for connect.
The parameter is incorrect.

[Stuart McLachlan]

#COMPILE EXE "E:\enable.exe"
#DIM ALL
$x = "netsh.exe interface set interface ""Local Area Connection"" admin=enabled"
$eport = "Local Area Connection"

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
LOCAL result AS LONG

REM z$="netsh.exe interface set interface " + $DQ + $eport + $DQ + " admin=enabled"
SHELL $x,0, EXIT TO result
IF result THEN
MSGBOX "Error" + STR$(result) + " enabling ethernet"
END IF
END FUNCTION

C:\Users\Ray>netsh.exe interface set interface ""Local Area Connection"" admin=enabled
Area is not an acceptable value for connect.
The parameter is incorrect.

Your command line has two double quotes around Local Area Cnnection. $x doesn't (add a "? $x" line to see what you are passing to SHELL)

What error message do you get with: netsh.exe interface set interface "Local Area Connection" admin=enabled ( ie single doublequotes)

[Rod Macia]

You want to enable/disable a network interface from PBWin
The code below worked for me change ePort to the network interface you need.

BUT this netsh command needs to be executed in eleveted rights (run as administrator) so right click your exe and run as administrator.

#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
LOCAL result AS LONG
LOCAL x AS STRING
LOCAL ePort AS STRING
ePort = "WI-FI"
'x="netsh interface set interface name=" + $DQ + ePort + $DQ + " admin=DISABLED"
x="netsh interface set interface name=" + $DQ + ePort + $DQ + " admin=ENABLED"
? x
SHELL x ,0, EXIT TO result
IF result THEN
MSGBOX "Error" + STR$(result) + " enabling ethernet"
END IF
END FUNCTION

[Ray Crumrine]

You want to enable/disable a network interface from PBWin

You're the man, Rod! I think I had a space between the equal sign and the "L" [name= "Local...] and it was blowing up.

Computers, picky. Thanks

[Stuart McLachlan]

You're the man, Rod! I think I had a space between the equal sign and the "name= "Local... and it was blowing up.

Computers, picky. Thanks

Well, that was a big waste of time
You initially posted a question wth an apparently failing string and never told us what the "syntax error" was that you received.
After 21 posts, you finally posted allegedly failing code which bore no resemblance to your original supposedly failing string.

And none of your posted code has "name=" in it.

[Ray Crumrine]

?

Well, that was a big waste of time.

Not really a waste of time at all. I may add a radiobox where I can select "Enable" or "Disable". I had a perfectly good batch file that worked but I wanted to spruce it up a bit. The batch file had to be run as administrator also. I must have made a typo and left the name= out of the file I was working with but that wasn't the issue. If you run your code in the debugger it will simply error out because it isn't running as admin . When I tried to debug it the debugger gave confusing results. Thanks again.