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Maddy
Maddy

Reputation: 141

Extract the contents of cmd.exe IDE to a text file using autohotkey scripts

I am trying to extract the contents of cmd.exe IDE to a text file using autohotkey scripts ie one test.ahk and its written as shown below:

 WinGetText, text, "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"
 FileAppend, %text%, C:\ThreePartition\ACTUAL.txt

I am not able to extract the contents. Can anyone please suggest the correct way to do the extraction?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1535

Answers (2)

Duke Navarre
Duke Navarre

Reputation: 99

I don't believe you can extract the contents of a cmd window without somehow using DllCall to read the process memory directly.

If you just want the output of a CLI command such as Grep or AWK, using stdout via the run command should work. Honestly though, I stopped relying on AHK because this sort of thing is just too clunky.

http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm.

Edit for comments: What you want is doable, but the solution depends entirely on how your IDE works. What behavior does it have that's unique to building a project? If it makes temp files, you can overload your "build" button with an AHK subroutine that watches for the existence of those files, and then checks the modified date of the output executable to see if the build succeeded. The same kind of solution works if the IDE changes its window title when building. Be clever. :)

Failing that, you might have to install a message hook.

Upvotes: 0

MaxVT
MaxVT

Reputation: 13234

The text retrieved is generally the same as what Window Spy shows for that window.

The Window Spy shows no text elements for CMD windows - what you see is not necessarily what you can get :)

What you can do is to simulate the Select All and Paste commands, and then use the clipboard contents.

Upvotes: 2

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