Run a .Bat file on the client machine

[sonny]

Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Sure, if you can convince them to ignore all the security warnings and
install an ActiveX control that runs the batch file.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[Kevin Spencer]

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[sonny]

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[sonny]

An ActiveX solution isn't out of the question. It's an internal application
for printing labels. I've never coded and ActiveX control. Do you have a
handy link showing me how its done?

thanks...sonny

"Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]" wrote:

Sure, if you can convince them to ignore all the security warnings and
install an ActiveX control that runs the batch file.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[Kevin Spencer]

Well, sonny, I'm still confused. You're talking about a web application
here. How is this .bat file supposed to exist on the client?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer
waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in
the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with
this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...

> Is there a way to do it?
>
> thx...sonny

[dhnriverside]

Hi Sonny,

Dunno what language your running, but I've just written a C# ASP site that
opens word on the client machine and types in a load of labels (avery 7x3)
ready to be printed. (using VBScript for all you non-believers!)

Not sure if that's much use, but I'd have thought you could run your bat
file in a similiar way using EXEC (not sure if that's available in VBScript,
but im sure theres a way!). Or even by creating some VBScript to run some of
the WSH code here from onload()...

http://windowsitpro.com/Files/07/25285/Listing_01.txt

HTH
Dan
"sonny" wrote:

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Is there a way to do it?

thx...sonny

[sonny]

This will be an intranet application. I will be able to put the .bat file on
the client machine.

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Well, sonny, I'm still confused. You're talking about a web application
here. How is this .bat file supposed to exist on the client?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer
waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in
the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with
this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...
> Is there a way to do it?
>
> thx...sonny

[sonny]

Dan,

Could you show me an example of what you did? I would appreciate it.
"dhnriverside" wrote:

Hi Sonny,

Dunno what language your running, but I've just written a C# ASP site that
opens word on the client machine and types in a load of labels (avery 7x3)
ready to be printed. (using VBScript for all you non-believers!)

Not sure if that's much use, but I'd have thought you could run your bat
file in a similiar way using EXEC (not sure if that's available in VBScript,
but im sure theres a way!). Or even by creating some VBScript to run some of
the WSH code here from onload()...

http://windowsitpro.com/Files/07/25285/Listing_01.txt

HTH
Dan
"sonny" wrote:

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with this?
Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...
> Is there a way to do it?
>
> thx...sonny

[dhnriverside]

Hi Sonny,

No problem. Remember, it's C# :)

string wordScript;
// load word
wordScript = "<script language=\"vbscript\">\n";
wordScript += "set app = createobject(\"Word.Application\")\n";
wordScript += "set oMainDoc = app.Documents.New()\n";
wordScript += "set oSel = app.Selection\n";
wordScript += "app.Application.Visible = True\n";
// enter some text
wordScript += "oSel.TypeText \"This is some text\"\n";
wordScript += "oSel.TypeParagraph\n"; // newline
wordScript += "</script>\n";

Then you need to add any code you want to use to load the Word Mailing
Labels dialog / print / save / whatever, then call the following to make the
VBScript run...

if(!IsStartupScriptRegistered("mergeScript"))
RegisterStartupScript("mergeScript", wordScript);

Having said all that, this *might* work, although I havent tested it... Id
try it before the word thing..

string wordScript;
wordScript = "<script language=\"vbscript\">\n";
wordScript += "set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")\n";
wordScript += "set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("c:\your.bat")\n";
wordScript += "</script>\n";
if(!IsStartupScriptRegistered("mergeScript"))
RegisterStartupScript("mergeScript", wordScript);

As I said, might work............ dunno!

HTH
Dan

"sonny" wrote:

Dan,

Could you show me an example of what you did? I would appreciate it.
"dhnriverside" wrote:

Hi Sonny,

Dunno what language your running, but I've just written a C# ASP site that
opens word on the client machine and types in a load of labels (avery 7x3)
ready to be printed. (using VBScript for all you non-believers!)

Not sure if that's much use, but I'd have thought you could run your bat
file in a similiar way using EXEC (not sure if that's available in VBScript,
but im sure theres a way!). Or even by creating some VBScript to run some of
the WSH code here from onload()...

http://windowsitpro.com/Files/07/25285/Listing_01.txt

HTH
Dan
"sonny" wrote:

I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer waiting
to print my labels there :)

The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints the
label. I am trying to duplicate this function.

If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't work
because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found in the
user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work, but I
would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
instead of the server.

Any help would be appreciated...sonny
"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

> Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with this?
> Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> ..Net Developer
> Neither a follower nor a lender be.
>
> "sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...
> > Is there a way to do it?
> >
> > thx...sonny
>
>
>

[Kevin Spencer]

In that case, your best bet would be to create a Windows Form or ActiveX
Control that will run in the client browser.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C**********************************@microsof t.com...

This will be an intranet application. I will be able to put the .bat file
on
the client machine.

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:

Well, sonny, I'm still confused. You're talking about a web application
here. How is this .bat file supposed to exist on the client?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

"sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I have to send some bytes to the COM1 port. There's a Zebra printer
>waiting
> to print my labels there :)
>
> The current application is a Windows app (Visual FoxPro) that opens a
> command shell and TYPEs a text file (the label) to COM1. This prints
> the
> label. I am trying to duplicate this function.
>
> If I start a process to open a command shell, this obviously doesn't
> work
> because it is server side code. I tried some bit of code that I found
> in
> the
> user groups that used some javascript. I haven't gotten it to work,
> but I
> would think that is the way to go, since javascript works on the client
> instead of the server.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...sonny
> "Kevin Spencer" wrote:
>
>> Not really. What business requirement are you trying to achieve with
>> this?
>> Chances are, we can offer more doable alternatives.
>>
>> --
>> HTH,
>>
>> Kevin Spencer
>> Microsoft MVP
>> ..Net Developer
>> Neither a follower nor a lender be.
>>
>> "sonny" <so***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B**********************************@microsof t.com...
>> > Is there a way to do it?
>> >
>> > thx...sonny
>>
>>
>>