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#100447 - 2003-04-20 06:58 AM Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Since I am new to this forum I was wondering if we could address something that may have already been solved. From some old posts, I see that a number of people have asked if there is a way to pass arguments to kixtart that are not specifically $variable1, $variable2, but instead are like /c /e /a etc, or for kixtart to offer a @commandline. As far as I know @commandline still does not exist. I think I have a very simple way to do this, but before I spend any more time on it, I wanted the veterans to let me know if this has already been solved. Thanks.
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#100448 - 2003-04-20 07:07 AM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Definitely hasn't been solved, love to hear your idea ...
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#100449 - 2003-04-20 06:13 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	As documented in the KiXtart Manual, the only way for KiXtart to accept commandline arguments is to use variable assignments, such as code: kix32.exe script.kix $var="whatever" Howver, one can always pass empty parameters as demonstrated below to resemble commmand-line arguments code: kix32.exe script.kix $c code: break on dim $iRC $iRC=SETOPTION('Explicit','on') if isdeclared($c) ? 'Parameter C has been passed' else ? 'Parameter C has not been passed' dim $c endif [ 20. April 2003, 18:47: Message edited by: sealeopard ] _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#100450 - 2003-04-20 06:37 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Well, I'm still waiting for al to post his idea, I've been sitting here hitting F5 for 12 hours now
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#100451 - 2003-04-20 06:46 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	You don't have BBChecker? Man, are you retro! _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#100452 - 2003-04-20 06:50 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	I do use bbc, just that I cant work on kf and run bbc at the same time ... dll in use
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#100453 - 2003-04-20 07:58 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Sorry to keep you guys waiting... I'll post some code later this evening...
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#100454 - 2003-04-21 02:37 AM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Okay... here is solution 1. Positives: It works under NT OSs. Negatives: Will not work under Win9x, WinME. While you guy tear this one apart I've got another "all most" working solution to post that maybe someone can finish. ::==================================================== ::STARTUP_SCRIPT KIXSTART.BAT :: ::ACTION ALLOWS USER TO PASS EITHER KIXTART ARGUMENTS :: OR CMD LINE ARGUMENTS TO KIXTART SCRIPT :: ::AUTHOR ALLEN POWELL (AL_PO) :: ::VERSION 1.0 :: ::REQUIRES CMD.EXE FROM WINDOWS NT 4.0, WINDOWS 2000, OR WINDOWS XP :: ::SYNTAX KIXSTART SCRIPTNAME SCRIPTARGS :: ::PARAMETERS SCRIPTNAME - .KIX FILE :: SCRIPTARGS - EITHER $ARG1="SOMETHING" $ARG2="NOTHING" :: OR /A /B /C /SOMETHING /D "NOTHING" :: OR no args at all. :: ::ADDITIONAL IF USING CMD LINE ARGS, KIXSTART.BAT SETS $CMDARGS WHICH CAN :: BE SPLIT AND THEN PROCESSED IN THE KIXTART CODE. :: @echo off if not %OS%==Windows_NT goto help if "%1"=="/?" goto help if "%1"=="" goto help set kixscript=%1 for /f "tokens=1* delims= " %%f in ("%*") do call :DetermineArgType "%%g" goto end :DetermineArgType if %1=="" set cmdline= & goto runkix set args=%1 set args=%args:~1,-1% if %args:~0,1%==$ set cmdline=%args% & goto runkix if %args:~0,1%==/ set cmdline=$cmdargs="%args%" & goto runkix goto :eof :runkix kix32 %kixscript% %cmdline% goto end :help cls echo echo. echo KIXSTART.BAT is a startup script for KIX32.EXE. echo. echo KIXSTART.BAT can use EITHER kixtart arguments ($arg1="blah blah blah") echo OR Command arguments preceded with a "/" (/a "hello" /b /c /etc) echo OR no arguments at all. echo. echo To use Command arguments in Kixtart add the following to the beginning echo of your Kixtart code: echo. echo if $cmdargs^<^>"" echo $params=split($cmdargs,"/") echo for each $param in $params echo {your code here} echo next echo endif echo. echo KIXSTART.BAT requires an NT based OS: Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP, echo or higher. echo. echo Syntax: Kixstart Scriptname ScriptArgs echo. :end
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#100455 - 2003-04-21 02:47 AM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Possible Solution #2 Positives: Works with all OSs. In its current state, I believe it will work with cmd line args. Negatives: Incomplete. It appears that the CSCRIPT parser removes quotes regardless of reason. This makes it impossible to pass kixtart arguments through it Any ideas? 'kixstart.vbs set cmdargs=Wscript.arguments if cmdargs.count=0 then call help wscript.quit 1 elseif cmdargs.item(0)="/?" then wscript.echo "/?" call help wscript.quit 1 elseif cmdargs.count>=1 then kixscript=cmdargs.item(0) for i = 1 to cmdargs.count - 1 cmdline=cmdline + cmdargs(i) + " " next select case left(cmdargs.item(1),1) case "/" cmdline="$cmdargs=" + cmdline case "$" case else call help wscript.quit 1 end select else call help wscript.quit 1 end if wscript.echo "kix32 " + kixscript + " " + cmdline sub help wscript.echo "help" end sub
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#100456 - 2003-04-21 02:53 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Another solution is to not use '/a'-style command-line arguements at all. Or alternatively, put the command-line args into an environment variable that you then access from within KiXtart. However, why do you need to use '/a' if for example $a or $a="test" would work, too, as I demonstrated in my post above? _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#100457 - 2003-04-21 03:42 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Kixtart was the first scripting language I have used that did not accept practically anything for an argument after the script. As an example, back in the DOS days and even today with some of the apps you can use, the generally well known syntax to get help is: app.exe /?, not app.exe $help="/?". Granted, if there are no args after the app.exe you could still show help. However, for myself I would like to be able to use the old style for consistency sake. My idea was to write a bat file that not only accepted the preconceived way of sending arguments to a kixtart script, but also give a pseudo @commandline option for people who, like myself, like to use the "/" options. KIXSTART.BAT gives me that option. To make this work I have renamed my kix32.exe to kix32-420.exe. Then I renamed the kixstart.bat to kix32.bat and modified the code to point to the kix32-420.exe file. Now either type of arguments is accepted by a kixtart script.
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#100458 - 2003-04-23 06:27 PM Re: Passing Arguments from the Command Line
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	It's been oddly quiet... I was kind of wondering what everyone's thoughts/ideas are of this bat file. Have I written something only I will use?
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