FREE CommandLine Action Plugin

[reteset]

Hi everyone
this is a commandline plugin that executes DOS commands through system's CMD.exe and retruns the output as a lua table

it also supports your custom commandline applications as long as you use a file path

i built this plugin by member requests

there is only one action with two arguments

there is no much difference between File.Run() that you familiar

table = CommandLine.Execute((string) Commandline,(number) TimeOut);

Commandline : a commanline string Ex: "ping 127.0.0.1"
TimeOut : (ms 1000 = 1 second) the time out , if you want to terminate a executed commanline application then a certain time period you can specify it here
if you set the timeout 0 then action will wait until commandline app. exits

Return Value : if an error occurs the return value is nil
the return value is a table otherwise , and the table indexes are
(string) StdOut , (string) StdError , (number) ExitCode

Execute a Standard MS DOS command :

StatusDlg.Show(MB_ICONNONE, false);
StatusDlg.ShowProgressMeter(false);
StatusDlg.SetTitle("Working..");
StatusDlg.SetMessage("     Executing Command...");

tblResult = CommandLine.Execute("ping 127.0.0.1", 0);

  if (tblResult ~= nil ) then
  
     Input.SetText("Input1", tblResult.StdOut);
     Input.SetText("Input2", tblResult.StdError);
     Input.SetText("Input3", tblResult.ExitCode);
     
     StatusDlg.Hide();

     else

     StatusDlg.Hide();
     Dialog.Message("Error", "Failed To Execute command Line..", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);

  end

Execute your own commandline application:

StatusDlg.Show(MB_ICONNONE, false);
StatusDlg.ShowProgressMeter(false);
StatusDlg.SetTitle("Working..");
StatusDlg.SetMessage("     Executing Command...");

local sz_commandline = _SourceFolder.."\\AutoPlay\\Docs\\ConsoleTest.exe Hello World \"NonBreaked Hello World\""

tblResult = CommandLine.Execute(sz_commandline, 0);

  if (tblResult ~= nil ) then
  
     Input.SetText("Input1", tblResult.StdOut);
     Input.SetText("Input2", tblResult.StdError);
     Input.SetText("Input3", tblResult.ExitCode);
     
     StatusDlg.Hide();

     else

     StatusDlg.Hide();
     Dialog.Message("Error", "Failed To Execute command Line..", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);

  end

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[Sakuya]

Useful if I ever return to AutoPlay scripting.

[longedge]

Thank you very much Reteset. I usually stay with native AMS but this one is too good to miss :yes.

[Centauri Soldier]

Thanks so much Reteset, I was working on one of these (based on one of sside's dlls) but now I don't have to finish it....

It couldn't have come at a better time either, I have been using created batch files in one of my projects to run the commands; this plugin will solve that work-around.

Nice job and thanks again for the contribution. :yes

[rexzooly]

Once again a great tool thanks :yes hope i get chance to use it in the future

[DaSoulRed]

Hey Rex, Nice to See you...

Once again a great tool thanks :yes hope i get chance to use it in the future

I wonder if u will change your undernick soon.
That will differece you from the rest off us... rigth... a new level rigth...

Nice to se you Rex, Bye.

[johnraus]

Thnx, very usefull
(like sside's DLL but without the .Net dependency )

[jassing]

does this work if you have standard output redirected to a file? ie: does it trap stderr output to the table and leave stdout into a redirect file?
or is a wrapper for calling the command interpreter and redirects output?

[Dermot]

At least in my tests, if the commandline app as an option to output to a file, it will still output to the file as well as return the output in the returned table.

does this work if you have standard output redirected to a file? ie: does it trap stderr output to the table and leave stdout into a redirect file?
or is a wrapper for calling the command interpreter and redirects output?

[reteset]

does this work if you have standard output redirected to a file? ie: does it trap stderr output to the table and leave stdout into a redirect file?
or is a wrapper for calling the command interpreter and redirects output?

yes it does so ,
but why did you want to redirect output to file ??
whereas you already have that data

i made this plugin to save you from use of text file redirection
also this plugin makes necessary CODE page conversion too
of course if you work for only english systems this is not a problem
but in non-english operating systems you need to make some text conversions to avoid unexpected sysbols

if you want to have both ,you could just use something like below

tblResult = CommandLine.Execute("SYSTEMINFO",0);

  if (tblResult ~= nil ) then
  
    if (tblResult.ExitCode == 0 ) then -- 0 means success in MS DOS
    
     TextFile.WriteFromString("C:\\MyFile.txt", tblResult.StdOut, false);
     
     else
     
     Dialog.Message("Error", tblResult.StdError, MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
    end
   
  end 

[reteset]

CommandLine Action Plugin Has Been Updated To AutoPlay Media Studio 8

More Info Can Be Found Here

[analogscott]

Is there still a 7.5 version?

[reteset]

you are in your lucky day , here it is