Sending multiple cmd commands from Visual Basic

2014-02-22

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_{Saturday, February 22, 2014 7:26 PM}

Hello.

So I have batch file that contains series of commands. (about 10) -

I've decided that I would like to create simple gui for this tool - simply one button that would execute commands one after another (when command A is finished command B starts)

Thing is that I do not want to use SendKey method, I am looking for a way that would not even show command prompt window. Is there any way to achieve this?

I am obviously beginner, so any help is welcome :).

Thank you very much!

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_{Monday, February 24, 2014 9:45 AM ✅Answered}

What batch commands are in that file ?

a simple way would just be

Dim procID As Integer procID = Shell("C:\yourbatfile.bat", AppWinStyle.Hide)

A better way would be to use the process class

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx

_{Monday, February 24, 2014 1:18 PM ✅Answered}

Hi,

You can ether do as Rbie has shown and run your batch file or you can run a cmd window and execute your commands 1 after the other like below using the Arguments. You separate each command with an & sign. The /c will make it run your commands and then close the cmd window automatically. If you want the cmd window to stay opened after running your commands you can replace the /c with /k.

I ran 4 commands in this example.

i change the directory to C:\TestFolder
clear the screen
print Hello in the cmd window
write the directory to a file called TextFile.txt

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        'Execute 4 Commands  |/c|       1        |&| 2 |&|    3     |&|       4          |
        Dim cmds As String = "/c cd C:\TestFolder & cls & echo Hello & dir > textfile.txt"
        Process.Start("cmd.exe", cmds)
    End Sub

_{Monday, February 24, 2014 9:38 AM}

Hi,

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