Original Topic: Passing Arguments from the Command line

This updated version also allows a batch file to run kixtart commands with out having to actually be running a kixtart script.

Examples:
kixstart @ for $counter = 1 to 10 ? $counter sleep 1 next

kixstart @ ? @scriptdir

To use:
1. Copy the code below to Notepad and save the file as Kixstart.bat in the same directory as Kix32.exe

or
1. Rename Kix32.exe to something like Kix32_420.exe.
2. Copy the code below to Notepad
3. Modify the section named ":runkix" to:
kix32_420.exe %kixscript% %cmdline%
4. Save the file as Kix32.bat in the same directory as Kix32_420.exe.
5. Run kix32 for your scripts (but with more options)

Code:



::====================================================

::STARTUP_SCRIPT KIXSTART.BAT

::

::ACTION ALLOWS USER TO PASS EITHER KIXTART ARGUMENTS

:: OR CMD LINE ARGUMENTS TO KIXTART SCRIPT

:: OR RUN A KIXTART COMMAND FROM A COMMAND PROMPT

::

::AUTHOR ALLEN POWELL (AL_PO)

::

::VERSION 1.1

::

::REQUIRES CMD.EXE FROM WINDOWS NT 4.0, WINDOWS 2000, OR WINDOWS XP

::

::SYNTAX KIXSTART SCRIPTNAME SCRIPTARGS

::OR

::       KIXSTART @ KIXTARTCOMMAND

::

::PARAMETERS 

:: SCRIPTNAME - .KIX FILE

:: SCRIPTARGS - EITHER $ARG1="SOMETHING" $ARG2="NOTHING"

::                  OR /A /B /C /SOMETHING /D "NOTHING"

::                  OR no args at all. 

::

::  KIXTARTCOMMAND - NORMAL SYNTAX OF KIXTART  COMMANDS

::

::

::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 %kixscript%==@ echo %args%>%temp%\tmp.kix & set kixscript=%temp%\tmp.kix & set cmdline= & goto runkix 

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