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Re: NT wrappers
Hi!
The "MS way" of scripting applications is generally *not* using the
commandline but using (D)COM.
This can be done via lots of languages, very easy for example with
VBscript.
Your wrapper will look something like that:
set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Navigate("http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/";)
READYSTATE_COMPLETE = 4
Do ' wait until page is loaded
WScript.Sleep 10
Loop Until ie.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
ie.document.body.focus()
OLECMDID_PRINT = 6
OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER = 2
ie.execWB OLECMDID_PRINT, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER
WScript.Sleep 5000 ' let ie some time to print before destroying...
ie.quit
But: As Vince wrote this is quite offtopic here...
Cheers
Tino
> ----- Original Message -----
Vince Hoffman wrote:
> Use the source ;) oops you can't.
> umm well if using /? or -? or /h or /help or any variation doesnt work then
> have a search on the net. There is no magic way to find out otherwise. ( To
> be honest you'd do much better asking on an MS related newsgroup/maillist)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Citek" <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:27 PM
> Subject: NT wrappers
>
> >
> > How can I discover what the command line options are to an NT program?
> >
> > I would like to write wrappers around some NT programs so that they are
> > easier to use from bash. For example, I would like to write a wrapper so
> > that something like this is possible:
> > $ explorer --print http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
> > This would use MS Explorer to render the page and print it. Of course,
> > Explorer is just one example.
> >
> > Regards,
> > - Robert
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