PowerShell From PB
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:47 pm
This shows a few ways to use PowerShell by sending PureBasic strings.
If you need the results inside PB, one way to avoid the OOP interface is by piping PS output to a file.
I am starting a PS-PB string collection like DoPBFileCount$ and CompareFiles$ shown in the example below.
If you need the results inside PB, one way to avoid the OOP interface is by piping PS output to a file.
I am starting a PS-PB string collection like DoPBFileCount$ and CompareFiles$ shown in the example below.
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; SendPowerShell is a variation on a Nituvious post of SendConsole
Global hInput
Procedure SendPowerShell(szText.s)
szLength = Len(szText.s)
For sz = 0 To szLength+1
szCharacter$ = Mid(szText.s,sz+1,1)
szLetterByLetter=Asc(szCharacter$)
Delay(7) ; -- Make sure the szCharacter$ has been recorded. Else it may skip duplicates which is bad.
PostMessage_(hInput,#WM_CHAR,szLetterByLetter,0)
Next
PostMessage_(hInput,#WM_CHAR,13,0)
EndProcedure
DevDir$ = "D:\PBTest\" ; Your DIR and FILE info as needed here and below
Cmd$ = "(Get-ChildItem "
Filter$ = " -filter " + Chr(34) + "*.pb" + Chr(34) ; your wildcard file choice here
Property$ = ").Count"
DoPBFileCount$ ="$FileCount = " + Cmd$ + DevDir$ + FILTER$ + Property$ ; PS will count files in DevDir
CountToHost$ ="write-host $FileCount"
File1$ = "$strReference = Get-Content " + Chr(34) + "D:\PBTest\T1.pb" + Chr(34)
File2$ = "$strDifference = Get-Content " + Chr(34) + "D:\PBTest\T2.pb" + Chr(34)
CompareFiles$ = "Compare-Object $strReference $strDifference"
Name.s = "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" ; On Win7, this is really PS Ver 2
hInput = FindWindow_(0, @Name)
If hInput = 0
RunProgram(name)
Delay(100) ; don't look too soon :)
hInput = FindWindow_(0, @Name)
EndIf
If hInput = 0
Debug "Error, program did not open or string mismatch!"
Else
SendPowerShell("echo Hello PSWorld!")
SendPowerShell(DoPBFileCount$)
SendPowerShell(CountToHost$) ;Show Dev:\Dir\*.pb FileCount
SendPowerShell(File1$)
SendPowerShell(File2$)
SendPowerShell(CompareFiles$) ; Show File1,File2 Differences
EndIf