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Fri, 20 Feb 2009, 20:12
JL235	I have a request. Can someone please build a small application for me. I don't have anything on my machine that can build stand alone .exe's, don't want to install any because it's such a small machine and it's a really small and trivial app. So I'm wondering if someone else is willing to do it for me. Specification: Needs to be a stand alone .exe (no other files required except the run document). opens a file in the same folder called 'run', reads each line and then runs the line as a command in Windows. The line should be skipped if: it contains only whitespace starts with a hash (#) symbol If the file does not exist then a relevant error message should appear. I'm planning to use this to startup Java applications so they look to the user like a .exe. I can also add any startup code through calling VBScript files. Anyone interested?
Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 03:06
Afr0	Hmmm Runs the line as a command in Windows? Please be more specific. I might do this as an excersize in C++ -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 03:30
Jayenkai	Any reason why this won't just work as a .bat? Most of the Java proggies I've seen come with a bundled bat file.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 04:40
JL235	Afro Runs the line as a command in Windows? If the file contains: ./foo.vbs java -jar ./files/prog.jar --v It will run the VBScript file and then run the java program after. I dunno what library it's in for you to call it in C++, but for VBScript you can use run in WScript and with a .bat you can use call. In Blitz I believe it's also called run. Jayenkai Any reason why this won't just work as a .bat? .exe files are more common and normal. It helps to make whatever it's calling look like a conventional native Windows app.
Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 05:34
Jayenkai	Bat to EXE Converter Online Version Some folks have been wary of it but it doesn't appear to have done anything dodgy, so far.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 15:04
Jayenkai	I don't have anything on my machine that can build stand alone .exe's, don't want to install any because it's such a small machine and it's a really small and trivial app. I'd imagine the online bat converter would do the trick. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 15 Mar 2009, 00:42
JL235	For the record I have since implemented this in FreeBasic. '************************************************* ' runner ' ' Parses a file in the same directory (runner.dat) ' where each line is executed in turn. ' ' @version: 15/03/2009 '************************************************* ' the file which contains the list of programs to run const FILE_PATH = ".\runner.dat" ' a line is commented out if it starts with the COMMENT tag const COMMENT = "#" ' open the file dim file as integer file = FreeFile open FILE_PATH for input as #file ' read and execute each line while not eof(file) dim strLine as string, lineLength as integer line input #file, strLine strLine = trim(strLine) lineLength = len(strLine) ' if line is not empty if (lineLength > 0) then ' if line is commented out if (not (left(strLine, 1) = COMMENT)) then dim prog as string dim progArgs as string ' seperate the program from the arguments dim spaceIndex as integer spaceIndex = instr(strLine, " ") if (spaceIndex > 0) then prog = trim(left(strLine, spaceIndex)) progArgs = trim(right(strLine, lineLength-spaceIndex)) else prog = strLine progArgs = "" end if print run(prog, progArgs) end if end if wend --v