Thanks to adroege for a very good suggestion. In my application I need to send text to the Console window that has very long and complex strings. These contain embedded spaces and also embedded double quotes. I made the adroedge example into a full macro then complied it into MyCommand.EXE. Here is ...

Thanks much for the suggestion. I have verified that the > method works. It turns out I need to capture Standard Out and also Standard Error, so the Scheduler code is modified as follows: setfocus>C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe* sendtext>%mycommand% >> C:\Temp\Statusmsg.txt 2>&1 In this example, The Co...

it looks like using > to redirect standard out might work.
I'll test it out ASAP and let you know.
Thanks

Thanks regarding the insight of the CMD shell.
The use of single quotes to get past the interface limitations is clever.
Just looking at it I'm sure this will work.
I'll test it out as soon as possible.

If a command is submitted to the Command Prompt Window from Macro Scheduler, is there a way to detect and return error messages? Here is a typical string being sent to the Command Prompt: runprog.exe -a -f "C:\My Folder\filename.txt" Note that this command string runs an EXE inside the command promp...

My string looks something like this:

runprog.exe –a –f “C:\My Folder\filename.txtâ€

Yes thanks, that is clear.
-Greg

Here is a sample of the first line in a macro written in MS Pro, after several times using "create exe" from the Tools Menu Bar: // COMPILE_OPTS|C:\Catia_Libraries\OtherApp-Startup\Power_Copy\PowerCopy.exe||CONSOLE=0|INCLUDES=1| /LOGFILE=\dev\nul /HIDE /LOGFILE=\dev\nul /NOSYSTRAY /HIDE /LOGFILE=\de...

Thanks, Bob

For my particular application, a simple text file will be OK.
I know what to do now.

Greg Papp

I use Macro Scheduler Pro to make .EXEs and they work very well.

I know that I can pass values into MacroScheduler using the argument list, but I would like to know how I can pass values (or strings) back to a Vb6 calling program.

Thanks,
Greg

Thanks for the reply, BlockInput is exactly what I needed.
I checked the old release notes, but I did not check back far enough.

Have a good day,
Greg

Please excuse me if this has already been covered. I was hoping that Macro Scheduler had an environment setting to do this. All I can find so far is from Bob Hansen on Oct 31, 2003, that refers to a link at: http://home.att.net/~geekStuff/wshBlockInputPage.htm Unfortunately, this link is not accessi...

I have Windows XP Pro, and am running Macro Scheduler 8.0.1. Here is what I have done so far: 1. Turned OFF the windows welcome by unchecking the box "Secure Logon" (by the way, this is found in Settings->Control Panel->User Accounts->Advanced). 2. In Macro Scheduler, I turned ON the Scheduling Serv...

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it out soon.
-gpapp

Here is how the edit box is declared inside Dialog1 in my code: Edit=msEdit1,264,184,57,erow when the macro starts, I set the following: let>erow=5000 Show>Dialog1, result But the text does not appear. I also have tried the following without success: let>Dialog1.msEdit1=erow Show>Dialog1, result Any...