undesirable .bat file side effects in Win7 pro 64-bit

Dwarf · 21 Jun 2012

OK, here you go.

Code:

strDirectory = "c:\users\<UserName>\documents\pingresults\"
strFile = "pingresult.txt"
strIP = "173.194.67.94"
Const WriteMethod = 8
Set objFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FolderExists (strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder (strDirectory)
Else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder (strDirectory)
End If
If objFSO.FileExists (strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder (strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile (strDirectory & strFile)
End If
Set objFolder = nothing
set objFile = nothing
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strDirectory & strFile, WriteMethod, True)
objTextFile.WriteLine (" ")
objTextFile.Close
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strDirectory & strFile, WriteMethod, True) 
wmiQuery = "Select * From Win32_PingStatus Where Address = '" & strIP & "'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject ("winmgmts://./root/cimv2")
Set objPing = objWMIService.ExecQuery (wmiQuery)
For Each objStatus in objPing
strPingResult ="True"
If IsNull (objStatus.Statuscode) Or objStatus.Statuscode <> 0 Then strPingResult = "False"
objTextFile.WriteLine (strIP)
objTextFile.WriteLine (strPingResult)
objTextFile.Close
Next

Adapt the initial variables to suit your needs. They should take the format shown.

strDirectory This is the directory where the results file is located.
strFile This is the name of the results file. Don't forget to include the .txt suffix.
strIP This is the IP address.

threejeeps · 22 Jun 2012

Cool Dwarf! Thank you! I got it to work...and thanks for the template that I can expand on.

So my last issue is writing a script to simulate a small mouse movement, i.e. 2-3 pixels, periodically.

I am aware of AutoIt and am looking into it. I am wondering if there is another approach?

-John

UsernameIssues · 22 Jun 2012

Ztruker said:

Does you scheduled task launch a batch file? You don't show the action tab.

Not that you were talking to me... but:

Am I missing something in the OP's request?

UsernameIssues · 22 Jun 2012

threejeeps said:

........Is there a way using a VB script to do a ping of a IP address and send the results into a file?.......

I'm not sure if you had the same requirement of hiding the command prompt window on this request too, but if the actions/settings shown in the video that I posted above do indeed hide the command prompt window for you then a simple batch file with

ping google.com > c:\users\username\foo\pingout.txt

or

ping 74.125.227.135 > c:\users\username\foo\pingout.txt

should do what you want

undesirable .bat file side effects in Win7 pro 64-bit-ping2file.jpg

UsernameIssues · 22 Jun 2012

threejeeps said:

Cool Dwarf! Thank you! I got it to work...and thanks for the template that I can expand on.

So my last issue is writing a script to simulate a small mouse movement, i.e. 2-3 pixels, periodically.

I am aware of AutoIt and am looking into it. I am wondering if there is another approach?

-John

What is the end goal of this mouse movement? To prevent screensaver or power settings from kicking in?

threejeeps · 22 Jun 2012

What is the end goal of this mouse movement? To prevent screensaver or power settings from kicking in?

Actually, it is to prevent having to reauthenticate. I understand the difference in what you point out,but not sure how (or if) either of them relate to logging in. I need to do some digging to better understand that.

-John

UsernameIssues · 22 Jun 2012

If this mouse movement is to keep a VPN alive, then ping might be enough/better.

As far as moving the mouse - a scripting language like AutoHotKey or AutoIt will do. The AutoIt code in the attached text file (mm1.txt) does what you asked - but exiting that script is a bit problematic. The AutoIt code in (mm2.txt) is less likely to get a gamer banned while AFK.

See this post for some warnings/options about using AutoIt.

Wrench11062 · 29 Jun 2012

Or you might just try removing:
@echo off

from the batch file.

Was told long ago when modems were used (tin-cans and strings like) in BBS
type batch files, @echo off removed the seen text on screen to stop some one
from seeing and Cntl-C ing the batch file.
My 2 cents FWIW..