Opening CMD Line

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Opening CMD Line

Simon Scott 306

Good afternoon,

@Castorix31 has kindly helped me with one part of my project, shown below and i just require assistance for the next easy bit.

Dim sString As String = Nothing
Using sr As New StreamReader("E:\Testxxx.txt")
sString = sr.ReadToEnd()
End Using
Dim sSubString = sString.Substring(sString.LastIndexOf("|") + 1)
Console.WriteLine(sSubString)

How do i send the text stored in sSubString to a CMD line? I need the CMD line to open and run with that text and stay open (so i can check its run ok).

I have looked online but there are multiple examples but can't quite fathom out which should work for me.

Kind regards
Simon

WhTurner 1,616 Reputation points

2020-12-01T15:41:19.7+00:00

This doesn't look like Small Basic. So you should remove the small-basic-general tag and look for a more fitting tag.
Simon Scott 306 Reputation points

2020-12-01T15:43:03.137+00:00

Apologies amended
Simon Scott 306 Reputation points

2021-02-03T13:41:18.013+00:00

Ok thank you, i will create another question.

Kind regards
Simon

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WhTurner 1,616 Reputation points

2020-12-01T15:41:19.7+00:00

This doesn't look like Small Basic. So you should remove the small-basic-general tag and look for a more fitting tag.
Simon Scott 306 Reputation points

2020-12-01T15:43:03.137+00:00

Apologies amended
Simon Scott 306 Reputation points

2021-02-03T13:41:18.013+00:00

Ok thank you, i will create another question.

Kind regards
Simon

Answer 1

Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,381

Hi @Simon Scott ,

I need the CMD line to open and run with that text and stay open

I make a test on my side and here's the code you can refer to.

    Public Sub ExecuteCommand(ByVal command As Object)  
        Dim procStartInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo = New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("cmd", "/k" & command)  
        Dim proc As System.Diagnostics.Process = New System.Diagnostics.Process()  
        proc.StartInfo = procStartInfo  
        proc.Start()  
    End Sub  

    '...  
    ExecuteCommand(sSubString)

Hope it could be helpful.

Best Regards,
Xingyu Zhao
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Simon Scott 306 Reputation points

2021-02-02T20:49:36.103+00:00
Hi Xingyu,

Thank you for your answer, sorry for not replying sooner, i've been on another project.

What you have given works as it should but i'm stuck on the last piece of this little project.

I'm basically trying to read a text file which contains a line of text (in this instance it says (UTC-03:00) City of Buenos Aires | Argentina Standard Time) for setting a timezone on a PC. Here is my code

Dim sString As String = Nothing
Using sr As New StreamReader("c:\temp\test.ini")
sString = sr.ReadToEnd()
End Using
Dim sSubString = sString.Substring(sString.LastIndexOf(" | ") + 1)
' MsgBox(sSubString)

Dim procStartInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo = New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("cmd", "/k" & ("tzutil.exe /s " + sSubString)) Dim proc As System.Diagnostics.Process = New System.Diagnostics.Process() proc.StartInfo = procStartInfo proc.Start()

This is what happens when i run the program...

'Argentina' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\Projects\Timezone\TimeZone\TimeZone\bin\Debug>

Sorry i'm only a beginner at programming. Can you help at all?

Thanks
Simon
Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,381 Reputation points

2021-02-03T06:47:46.54+00:00

Hi @Simon Scott ,
Thanks for your feedback.
I suggest you create a new question in the forum. so that more people will participate in the thread, and we will provide our help and suggestions there.

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