We periodically runs jobs and we need to save the output into a PDS and then parse the output to extract parts of it to save into another member. It needs to be done by issuing a REXX command using the percent sign and the REXX member name as an SDSF command line. I've attempted to code a REXX to do this, but it is getting an error when trying to invoke an ISPF service, saying the ISPF environment has not been established. But, this is SDSF running under ISPF.
My code has this in it (copied from several sources and modified):
parse arg PSDSFPARMS "(" PUSERPARMS
parse var PSDSFPARMS PCURRPNL PPRIMPNL PROWTOKEN PPRIMCMD .
PRIMCMD=x2c(PPRIMCMD)
RC = isfquery()
if RC <> 0 then
do
Say "** SDSF environment does not exist, exec ending."
exit 20
end
RC = isfcalls("ON")
Address SDSF "ISFGET" PPRIMPNL "TOKEN('"PROWTOKEN"')" ,
" (" VERBOSE ")"
LRC = RC
if LRC > 0 then
call msgrtn "ISFGET"
if LRC <> 0 then
Exit 20
JOBNAME = value(JNAME.1)
JOBNBR = value(JOBID.1)
SMPDSN = "SMPE.*.OUTPUT.LISTINGS"
LISTC. = ''
SMPODSNS. = ''
SMPODSNS.0 = 0
$ = outtrap('LISTC.')
MSGVAL = msg('ON')
address TSO "LISTC LVL('"SMPDSN"') ALL"
MSGVAL = msg(MSGVAL)
$ = outtrap('OFF')
do LISTCi = 1 to LISTC.0
if word(LISTC.LISTCi,1) = 'NONVSAM' then
do
parse var LISTC.LISTCi . . DSN
SMPODSNS.0 = SMPODSNS.0 + 1
i = SMPODSNS.0
SMPODSNS.i = DSN
end
IX = pos('ENTRY',LISTC.LISTCi)
if IX <> 0 then
do
IX = pos('NOT FOUND',LISTC.LISTCi,IX + 8)
if IX <> 0 then
do
address ISPEXEC "SETMSG MSG(IPLL403E)"
EXITRC = 16
leave
end
end
end
LISTC. = ''
if EXITRC = 16 then
exit 0
address ISPEXEC "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE" ,
"NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
I execute this code by typing %SMPSAVE next to the spool output line on the "H" SDSF panel and it runs fine until it gets to this point in the REXX:
114 *-* address ISPEXEC "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE" ,
"NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
>>> "TBCREATE SMPDSNS NOWRITE NAMES(TSEL TSMPDSN)"
ISPS118S SERVICE NOT INVOKED. A VALID ISPF ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT EXIST.
+++ RC(20) +++
Does anyone know why it says I don't have a valid ISPF environment and how I can get around this?
I've done quite a bit in the past with REXX, including writing REXX code to handle line commands, but this is the first time I've tried to use ISPEXEC commands within this code.
Thank you,
Alan
I create a passthru query SELECTINg rows of a Postgres v.11 database table.
Running currentDb.execute generates ODBC error 3146 and "invalid argument" mentioned in DBEngine.errors.
Opening same query in the database explorer generates ODBC error 3146 and a message box with "permission denied ..." which actually reflects the source of error.
My questions is how can I programmatically get hold of latter more informative error message ?
I think the following will provide what you are looking for:
Public Function DbEngineErrors() As String
Dim intErr As Integer
Dim strRet As String
Dim strErr As String
If DBEngine.Errors.Count > 0 Then
strRet = "DbEngineErrors:"
For intErr = 0 To DBEngine.Errors.Count - 1
strErr = DBEngine.Errors(intErr).Number & " / " & DBEngine.Errors(intErr).Description & " / " & DBEngine.Errors(intErr).Source
strRet = strRet & vbCrLf & strErr
Next
End If
DbEngineErrors = strRet
End Function
So, I'm using (after modification) this code, from here: How to set recurring schedule for xlsm file using Windows Task Scheduler
My error: Runtime error: Unknown runtime error.
I've searched far and wide to find an way to close the Excel process, but almost everybody uses .Quit sadly it gives the above error. I've also tried .Close, but that is not recognized
' Create a WshShell to get the current directory
Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' Create an Excel instance
Dim myExcelWorker
Set myExcelWorker = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
' Disable Excel UI elements
myExcelWorker.DisplayAlerts = False
myExcelWorker.AskToUpdateLinks = False
myExcelWorker.AlertBeforeOverwriting = False
myExcelWorker.FeatureInstall = msoFeatureInstallNone
' Tell Excel what the current working directory is
Dim strSaveDefaultPath
Dim strPath
strSaveDefaultPath = myExcelWorker.DefaultFilePath
strPath = "C:\Users\hviid00m\Desktop"
myExcelWorker.DefaultFilePath = strPath
' Open the Workbook specified on the command-line
Dim oWorkBook
Dim strWorkerWB
strWorkerWB = strPath & "\Status Report (Boxplots) TEST.xlsm"
Set oWorkBook = myExcelWorker.Workbooks.Open (strWorkerWB, , , , , , True)
' Build the macro name with the full path to the workbook
Dim strMacroName
strMacroName = "Refresh"
on error resume next
myExcelWorker.Run strMacroName
if err.number <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Fejl i macro"
End If
err.clear
on error goto 0
oWorkBook.Save
' Clean up and shut down
' Don’t Quit() Excel if there are other Excel instances
' running, Quit() will shut those down also
myExcelWorker.Quit <--- ERROR
Set oWorkBook = Nothing
Set myExcelWorker = Nothing
Set WshShell = Nothing
Found some code on a different side.
The reason why (as far as I understood) is that .Quit and .Close is for VBA not VBS.
' Clean up and shut down
' Don’t Quit() Excel if there are other Excel instances
' running, Quit() will shut those down also
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & "'EXCEL.EXE'")
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next`
Set oWorkBook = Nothing
Set myExcelWorker = Nothing
Set WshShell = Nothing
Error System can't find the file specified
strCline = Document.getElementById("head").innerHtml
msgbox strCline
strCline = replace(strCline, " ",Chr(32))
oShell.run strCline
Set oShell = Nothing
Above code produces error because it can't read file name properly. It's all because of space characters in file name. After reading, i found chr(32) would replace space character but it won't. How do I make it take space character.
Edit:
My final code looked like this which worked. I made mistake while creating object.
Sub funEdit
set oShell=createobject("Wscript.shell")
strCline = Document.getElementById("head").innerHtml
msgbox strCline
strCline = replace(strCline, " ",Chr(32))
oShell.run strCline
Set oShell = Nothing
End Sub
The shell splits a command line into parameters using blank(s) for a delimiter. If you want to send text file specifications to .Run to display them automagically in the default editor, you must double quote the (logically) single parameter. This demo code:
Option Explicit
Dim sFSpec : sFSpec = "C:\Documents and Settings\eh\tmp.txt"
Dim sCmd : sCmd = sFSpec
Dim oWSH : Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
On Error Resume Next
oWSH.Run sCmd
WScript.Echo qq(sCmd), "=>", Err.Number, Err.Description
Err.Clear
sCmd = qq(sFSpec)
oWSH.Run sCmd
WScript.Echo qq(sCmd), "=>", Err.Number, Err.Description
On Error GoTo 0
Function qq(s)
qq = """" & s & """"
End Function
will output:
"C:\Documents and Settings\eh\tmp.txt" => -2147024894
""C:\Documents and Settings\eh\tmp.txt"" => 0
and open only one Notepad.
See here for some context.
I want to be able to run a program through command line and I want to start it with VbScript. I also want to get the output of the command line and assign it to a variable and I want all this to be done silently without cmd windows popping up. I have managed two things separately but not together. Here's what I got so far.
Run the command from cmd and get output:
Dim WshShell, oExec
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("C:\snmpget -c public -v 2c 10.1.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.6798.3.1.1.1.5.1")
x = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
Wscript.Echo x
The above script works and does what I want except that cmd pops up for a brief moment.
Here's a script that will run silently but won't grab the output
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("C:\snmpset -c public -v 2c -t 0 10.1.1.2 .1.3.6.1.4.1.6798.3.1.1.1.7.1 i 1", 0, true)
Is there a way to get these two to work together?
Let me give you a background on why I want do to this. I am basically polling a unit every 5-10 minutes and I am going to get the script to email or throw a message box when a certain condition occurs but I don't want to see cmd line popping up all day long on my computer. Any suggestions?
Thanks
You can redirect output to a file and then read the file:
return = WshShell.Run("cmd /c C:\snmpset -c ... > c:\temp\output.txt", 0, true)
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set file = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\temp\output.txt", 1)
text = file.ReadAll
file.Close
I have taken this and various other comments and created a bit more advanced function for running an application and getting the output.
Example to Call Function: Will output the DIR list of C:\ for Directories only. The output will be returned to the variable CommandResults as well as remain in C:\OUTPUT.TXT.
CommandResults = vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput("CMD.EXE /C DIR C:\ /AD",1,1,"C:\OUTPUT.TXT",0,1)
Function
Function vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput (Command, Wait, Show, OutToFile, DeleteOutput, NoQuotes)
'Run Command similar to the command prompt, for Wait use 1 or 0. Output returned and
'stored in a file.
'Command = The command line instruction you wish to run.
'Wait = 1/0; 1 will wait for the command to finish before continuing.
'Show = 1/0; 1 will show for the command window.
'OutToFile = The file you wish to have the output recorded to.
'DeleteOutput = 1/0; 1 deletes the output file. Output is still returned to variable.
'NoQuotes = 1/0; 1 will skip wrapping the command with quotes, some commands wont work
' if you wrap them in quotes.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Error Resume Next
'On Error Goto 0
Set f_objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set f_objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
'VARIABLES
If OutToFile = "" Then OutToFile = "TEMP.TXT"
tCommand = Command
If Left(Command,1)<>"""" And NoQuotes <> 1 Then tCommand = """" & Command & """"
tOutToFile = OutToFile
If Left(OutToFile,1)<>"""" Then tOutToFile = """" & OutToFile & """"
If Wait = 1 Then tWait = True
If Wait <> 1 Then tWait = False
If Show = 1 Then tShow = 1
If Show <> 1 Then tShow = 0
'RUN PROGRAM
f_objShell.Run tCommand & ">" & tOutToFile, tShow, tWait
'READ OUTPUT FOR RETURN
Set f_objFile = f_objFso.OpenTextFile(OutToFile, 1)
tMyOutput = f_objFile.ReadAll
f_objFile.Close
Set f_objFile = Nothing
'DELETE FILE AND FINISH FUNCTION
If DeleteOutput = 1 Then
Set f_objFile = f_objFso.GetFile(OutToFile)
f_objFile.Delete
Set f_objFile = Nothing
End If
vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput = tMyOutput
If Err.Number <> 0 Then vFn_Sys_Run_CommandOutput = "<0>"
Err.Clear
On Error Goto 0
Set f_objFile = Nothing
Set f_objShell = Nothing
End Function
I am pretty new to all of this, but I found that if the script is started via CScript.exe (console scripting host) there is no window popping up on exec(): so when running:
cscript myscript.vbs //nologo
any .Exec() calls in the myscript.vbs do not open an extra window, meaning
that you can use the first variant of your original solution (using exec).
(Note that the two forward slashes in the above code are intentional, see cscript /?)
Here I found a solution, which works for me:
set wso = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
set exe = wso.Exec("cmd /c dir /s /b d:\temp\*.jpg")
sout = exe.StdOut.ReadAll
Look for assigning the output to Clipboard (in your first script) and then in second script parse Clipboard value.
#Mark Cidade
Thanks Mark! This solved few days of research on wondering how should I call this from the PHP WshShell. So thanks to your code, I figured...
function __exec($tmppath, $cmd)
{
$WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
$tmpf = rand(1000, 9999).".tmp"; // Temp file
$tmpfp = $tmppath.'/'.$tmpf; // Full path to tmp file
$oExec = $WshShell->Run("cmd /c $cmd -c ... > ".$tmpfp, 0, true);
// return $oExec == 0 ? true : false; // Return True False after exec
return $tmpf;
}
This is what worked for me in my case. Feel free to use and modify as per your needs. You can always add functionality within the function to automatically read the tmp file, assign it to a variable and/or return it and then delete the tmp file.
Thanks again #Mark!
Dim path As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)
Dim filepath As String = path + "\" + "your.bat"
' Create the file if it does not exist.
If File.Exists(filepath) = False Then
File.Create(filepath)
Else
End If
Dim attributes As FileAttributes
attributes = File.GetAttributes(filepath)
If (attributes And FileAttributes.ReadOnly) = FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then
' Remove from Readonly the file.
attributes = RemoveAttribute(attributes, FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
File.SetAttributes(filepath, attributes)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is no longer RO.", filepath)
Else
End If
If (attributes And FileAttributes.Hidden) = FileAttributes.Hidden Then
' Show the file.
attributes = RemoveAttribute(attributes, FileAttributes.Hidden)
File.SetAttributes(filepath, attributes)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is no longer Hidden.", filepath)
Else
End If
Dim sr As New StreamReader(filepath)
Dim input As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
sr.Close()
Dim output As String = "#echo off"
Dim output1 As String = vbNewLine + "your 1st cmd code"
Dim output2 As String = vbNewLine + "your 2nd cmd code "
Dim output3 As String = vbNewLine + "exit"
Dim sw As New StreamWriter(filepath)
sw.Write(output)
sw.Write(output1)
sw.Write(output2)
sw.Write(output3)
sw.Close()
If (attributes And FileAttributes.Hidden) = FileAttributes.Hidden Then
Else
' Hide the file.
File.SetAttributes(filepath, File.GetAttributes(filepath) Or FileAttributes.Hidden)
Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is now hidden.", filepath)
End If
Dim procInfo As New ProcessStartInfo(path + "\" + "your.bat")
procInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized
procInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
procInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
procInfo.FileName = path + "\" + "your.bat"
procInfo.Verb = "runas"
Process.Start(procInfo)
it saves your .bat file to "Appdata of current user" ,if it does not exist and remove the attributes
and after that set the "hidden" attributes to file after writing your cmd code
and run it silently and capture all output saves it to file
so if u wanna save all output of cmd to file just add your like this
code > C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\output.txt
just replace word "code" with your .bat file code or command and after that the directory of output file
I found one code recently after searching alot
if u wanna run .bat file in vb or c# or simply
just add this in the same manner in which i have written