Arguments to bat file

Then, run the file with a long file name. This method also works on the second and subsequent parameters. With my existing code, its not passing the variable value just the variable name to Bat ch which is expecting these arguments.

With this I mean, that excel was not running. However when just the xlsx file is closed, meaning that the excel application remains open and I open the second xls file , the above function will still display the parameters from the first call, which opened the excel application. I have been looking for a possible solution but I can't understand how I can refer to ….

I figured it out how to pass App Path and Databse to excel sheet in. Save that as xx. I have used it since before Windows. I don't see why this is a problem though, because you can open the Excel WorkBook from a bat ch file and have the macro run from Aut pen. Joined Jan 14, Messages Feb 22, Posted: 1 week ago Bat ch scripts support the concept of command line arguments wherein arguments can be passed to the bat ch file when invoked. If the above bat ch script is s to red in a file called test.

I need to pass the whole string mLoc. Can anyone help? Are those separate parameters? Because if it's not then you need to pass parameters with spaces by surrounding it with double quotes. The bat file takes off the. BAT and the log file "log file run from dos. Posted: 1 week ago Yeah, I'm not sure that the bat ch file is properly reading the data.

And to use param1 in a safe way, enable the delayed expansion. KevinEdwards I tested it, test. Only test. Ah, yes, a caret doesn't escape it properly. You need quotes, which is feasible for all the use cases I've come across. I just wanted to pass it along. Thanks for testing it! Cheers : — Kevin Edwards. Show 4 more comments.

Frank Krueger Frank Krueger SteveMidgley I upvoted your comment probably a year or so ago. I then promptly forgot about it and just today I was trying and staring confusingly at my for loop in the command line and wondering why it farted and did nothing else.

So here's another virtual upvote from me. I'll be back in another year or so when I hit the same issue again. We usually reserve the digits for command line processing and the double percent only applies to the for statement as far as I know. The answer is wrong. There is no need to complicate it. Peter Mortensen DearWebby DearWebby 4 4 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. USAGE: test. The Godfather The Godfather 9 9 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges.

True enough, but it barely touches the subject matter. Let's keep this simple. Here is the. Love and peace - Joe Codeswell Love and peace - Joe Codeswell 2, 3 3 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges.

Amr Ali Amr Ali 1, 14 14 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. But fails with many different arguments, like test. For example, given the following command: myscript. Evan Kennedy Evan Kennedy 3, 1 1 gold badge 22 22 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. Been looking at using this method as I would like to pass arguments into a batch file in this manner. However I notice that after the variables are set, even after exiting the batch file the parameters are still set in the cmd if accessed and the batch has ended, they are not restored to their previous state.

Should this method handle that situation? On topic and better than some of the rest of the answers on this thread. And to use param1 in a safe way, enable the delayed expansion. There is no need to complicate it. Here is the. For example, given the following command: myscript.

USAGE: test. Make a new batch file example: openclass. More important, we also know exactly what the problem is: no blank space between the command-line arguments. Armed with that information, we have a pretty good chance of being able to fix the script. Shell object, then using the Run method to call the batch file, using the variable strCommand as the sole parameter to the Run method. Upon doing so, we should get back something that looks like this:. Well, Monday morning she read her email, then came into work for a meeting.

Tuesday morning she read her email, then came into work to have lunch with the legendary Peter Costantini, recently returned from a trip to the planet Saturn. Or maybe it was Spain. One of the two, anyway. On Wednesday she came into work for another meeting, then decided to stick around the office for a few hours in order to get some things taken care of.

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