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Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:42 am
by smacker
Now that i've switched over to Windows 10 i'm looking towards the future. Presently I use the PB "RunProgram" function to use the command prompt and parse/filter the output to get what I want, however, there are some things that will possibly go away in the future. One of these things is the netsh.exe function in Windows as this is planned (possibly) to be moved to the Powershell environment in future builds of Windows 10 and the familiar netsh function I access through the command prompt with PB when needed will go away.

So, my question is, how do you communicate with Powershell in Windows via PureBasic? Its got many attractive attributes already and it seems it will be better to start changing over and get used to using it.

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:11 am
by Keya
not an answer to your question sorry, but interestingly just a few days ago i read that Microsoft is also bringing Powershell to Linux and OSX:
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... inux-os-x/

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:13 pm
by blueb
I happen to be looking into this at the moment. :wink:

This may help to get you started: http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 55#p365055

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:45 pm
by netmaestro
I wrote this some time ago. I couldn't remember when if you waterboarded me, not even if the Donald himself was on the bucket:

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Procedure.s GetPath_PowerShell()
  Protected path$ = GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH"), ; List of all paths
            PowerShell$ = "PowerShell not found!",  ; Initialize with failure, success will change it
            thispath$ = #Empty$,                    ; Temporary var to hold path for comparison
            i.i                                     ; Loop counter set to number of paths available
  
  For i = 1 To CountString(path$, ";") + 1
    thispath$ = StringField(path$, i, ";")
    If FindString(thispath$, "powershell", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
      PowerShell$ = thispath$
      Break
    EndIf
  Next
  ProcedureReturn PowerShell$
EndProcedure

Debug GetPath_PowerShell()
You could modify this easily to take a string parameter and return any desired path that exists in the %PATH.

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 12:41 pm
by smacker
Laid up with an injured leg right now, so I spent yesterday playing around with powershell in Windows 10. Turns out it works great with the PB RunProgram function so..... its not that pretty right now but I slapped something together for demo/play purposes ....

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Procedure.b GetTestIPv46Valid(ipadrtoval$) ; works for IPv4 and IPv6
  
  ipadr$ = Chr(34) + Chr(39) + ipadrtoval$ + Chr(39) + Chr(34)
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmdA$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " [System.Net.IPAddress]::TryParse( " + ipadr$ + ", [ref] $NULL)","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmdA$ = KeepOutCmdA$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    KillProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  If Trim(KeepOutCmdA$) = "True"
    ProcedureReturn #True
  Else
    ProcedureReturn #False
  EndIf
  
EndProcedure


Procedure.s GetIPv4ODNS() ; this one to get public IPv4 address
  ; multiple sources for Ipv4 address in case one is down, times out, or something....we have other sources to ensure we always get an Ipv4 address
  
  gotipv4addrX.b = #True
  gotipv4addrA.b = #True
  gotipv4addrB.b = #True
  gotipv4addrC.b = #True
  gotipv4addrD.b = #True
  gotipv4addrE.b = #True
  gotipv4addrF.b = #True
  gotipv4addrG.b = #True
  gotipv4addrH.b = #True
  gotipv4addrI.b = #True
  gotipv4addrJ.b = #True
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Resolve-DnsName" + " -Name whoami.akamai.com","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  Position = FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "AnswerIP4Address", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
  getipline$ = Mid(KeepOutCmd$, Position)
  Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(getipline$, "AnswerIP4Address", #PB_String_NoCase))
  Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(Result4$, ":", #PB_String_NoCase))
  
  If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
    Result4$ = Result4$
    gotipv4addrX = #True
  Else
    gotipv4addrX = #False
    Result4$ = "(No Information)"
  EndIf
    
  If gotipv4addrX = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Resolve-DnsName" + " -Name myip.opendns.com" + " -Server resolver1.opendns.com","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Position = FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Answer", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
    getipline$ = Mid(KeepOutCmd$, Position)
    Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(getipline$, "Answer", #PB_String_NoCase))
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrA = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrA = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrA = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Resolve-DnsName" + " -Name myip.opendns.com." + " -Server resolver2.opendns.com","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Position = FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Answer", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
    getipline$ = Mid(KeepOutCmd$, Position)
    Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(getipline$, "Answer", #PB_String_NoCase))
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrB = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrB = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrB = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Resolve-DnsName" + " -Name whoami.akamai.net" + " -Server ns1-1.akamaitech.net","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Position = FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Answer", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
    getipline$ = Mid(KeepOutCmd$, Position)
    Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(getipline$, "Answer", #PB_String_NoCase))
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrC = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrC = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrC = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Resolve-DnsName" + " -Name whoami.akamai.net" + " -Server NS2-193.AKAMAITECH.NET","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Position = FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Answer", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
    getipline$ = Mid(KeepOutCmd$, Position)
    Result4$ = Trim(RemoveString(getipline$, "Answer", #PB_String_NoCase))
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrD = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrD = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrD = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = 'http://ipv4.whatismyip.akamai.com/'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString($url)" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result4$ = KeepOutCmd$
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrE = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrE = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
    
  If gotipv4addrE = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = 'http://ipv4.myip.dk/api/info/IPv4Address'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString($url)" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result4$ = RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, Chr(34), #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrF = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrF = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrF = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('http://myexternalip.com/raw')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Result4$ = KeepOutCmd$
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrG = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrG = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrG = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('http://myip.dnsomatic.com/')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Result4$ = KeepOutCmd$
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrH = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrH = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrH = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('http://ipv4.icanhazip.com/')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Result4$ = KeepOutCmd$ 
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrI = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrI = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrI = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('http://ipinfo.io/ip')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Result4$ = KeepOutCmd$
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result4$) = #True
      Result4$ = Result4$
      gotipv4addrJ = #True
    Else
      gotipv4addrJ = #False
      Result4$ = "(No Information)"
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv4addrA = #False And gotipv4addrB = #False And gotipv4addrC = #False And gotipv4addrD = #False And gotipv4addrE = #False And gotipv4addrF = #False And gotipv4addrG = #False And gotipv4addrH = #False And gotipv4addrI = #False And gotipv4addrJ = #False
    Result4$ = "Unable to get IPv4 Address"
  Else
    Result4$ = Result4$
  EndIf
  
  ProcedureReturn Result4$
    
EndProcedure

Procedure.s GetIPv6ODNS() ; this one to get public IPv6 address
  ;OpenDNS IPv6 DNS Server = 2620:0:ccc::2 - 2620:0:ccd::2
  ; resolver1.ipv6-sandbox.opendns.com - resolver2.ipv6-sandbox.opendns.com
  ; note: these are recursive > https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/ipv6/
  
  gotipv6A.b = #True
  gotipv6B.b = #True
  gotipv6C.b = #True
  gotipv6D.b = #True
  gotipv6E.b = #True
  gotipv6F.b = #True
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " nslookup myip.opendns.com 2620:0:ccc::2","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  Result1$ = RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "Address:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result2$ = RemoveString(Result1$, "Server:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result3$ = RemoveString(Result2$, "resolver1.ipv6-sandbox.opendns.com", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result4$ = RemoveString(Result3$, "myip.opendns.com", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result5$ = RemoveString(Result4$, "Name:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result5$ = RemoveString(Result5$, "2620:0:ccc::2", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
  Result6$ = Trim(Result5$)
  
  If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
    Result6$ = Result6$
    gotipv6A = #True
  Else
    gotipv6A = #False
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6A = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " nslookup myip.opendns.com 2620:0:ccd::2","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
    
    Result1$ = RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "Address:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result2$ = RemoveString(Result1$, "Server:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result3$ = RemoveString(Result2$, "resolver2.ipv6-sandbox.opendns.com", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result4$ = RemoveString(Result3$, "myip.opendns.com", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result5$ = RemoveString(Result4$, "Name:", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result5$ = RemoveString(Result5$, "2620:0:ccd::2", #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    Result6$ = Trim(Result5$)
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
      Result6$ = Result6$
      gotipv6B = #True
    Else
      gotipv6B = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6B = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = 'http://ipv6.whatismyip.akamai.com/'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString($url)" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result6$ = KeepOutCmd$
      
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
      Result6$ = Result6$
      gotipv6C = #True
    Else
      gotipv6C = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6C = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = 'http://ipv6.myip.dk/api/info/IPv6Address/'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString($url)" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result6$ = RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, Chr(34), #PB_String_NoCase, 1)
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
      Result6$ = Result6$
      gotipv6D = #True
    Else
      gotipv6D = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6D = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('http://ipv6.icanhazip.com/')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result6$ = KeepOutCmd$
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
      Result6$ = Result6$
      gotipv6E = #True
    Else
      gotipv6E = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6E = #False
    OutCmd$ = ""
    KeepOutCmd$ = ""
    CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = 'http://ipv6.whatismyip.akamai.com/'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString($url)" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
    If CmdPromptRun
      While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
        OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
        KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
      Wend
      CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    EndIf
      
    Result6$ = KeepOutCmd$
    
    If GetTestIPv46Valid(Result6$) = #True
      Result6$ = Result6$
      gotipv6F = #True
    Else
      gotipv6F = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  If gotipv6A = #False And gotipv6B = #False And gotipv6C = #False And gotipv6D = #False And gotipv6E = #False And gotipv6F = #False
    Result6$ = "Unable to get IPv6 Address or No Information or Non-RFC4291/section 2.2 format for IPv6 Info"
  Else
    Result6$ = Result6$
  EndIf
  
  ProcedureReturn Result6$
  
EndProcedure


Debug GetIPv4ODNS()

Debug GetIPv6ODNS()
want to know if your system prefers IPv6 over IPv4?

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Procedure.b GetIfPreferIpv6OverIpv4() ; if the return address is IPv6 address then your system is prefering IPv6 over IPv4
  ; return #True if IPv6 address returned
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "$wc.DownloadString('https://diagnostic.opendns.com/myip')" + #CRLF$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  Resultx$ = KeepOutCmd$
    
  If GetTestIPv46Valid(Resultx$) = #True
    If FindString(Resultx$, ":", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
      gotipv6over4.b = #True
    Else
      gotipv6over4.b = #False
    EndIf
  EndIf
  
  ProcedureReturn gotipv6over4

EndProcedure

Debug GetIfPreferIpv6OverIpv4()

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:08 pm
by smacker
Turns out Powershell in Win10 is kinda fun to play with and use, aside from the above already posted here is another example - getting values from Win10 registry and using a little WMI:

getting some stuff from the registry:

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Procedure.s GetRegValueWinInfo(valuetogetname$) ; powershell v 5.0 in Win10 - with fixed path
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' -Name " +  valuetogetname$, "", #PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read|#PB_Program_Hide)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "does not exist at path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0 Or FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Cannot find path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
  
    If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "does not exist at path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
      ProcedureReturn valuetogetname$ + " value does not exist at path"
    EndIf
    
    If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Cannot find path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0 
      ProcedureReturn "Cannot find path"
    EndIf
    
  Else
    ProcedureReturn KeepOutCmd$
  EndIf

EndProcedure

Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'InstallTime'") ; REG_QWORD
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'DigitalProductId'") ; REG_BINARY
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'CurrentMajorVersionNumber'") ; REG_DWORD
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'ProductName'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'UBR'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'BuildLabEx'")  ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'ReleaseId'")  ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'InstallationType'")  ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfo("'CurrentBuild'")  ; REG_SZ

Procedure.s GetRegValueWinInfoVar(pathreg$, valuetogetname$) ; powershell v 5.0 in Win10 - user choice path so change pathval$ to desired path using the format shownn
  
  pathval$ = " Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path " + pathreg$ + " -Name " + valuetogetname$
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", pathval$, "", #PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read|#PB_Program_Hide)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "does not exist at path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0 Or FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Cannot find path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
  
    If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "does not exist at path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
      ProcedureReturn valuetogetname$ + " value does not exist at path"
    EndIf
    
    If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Cannot find path", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
      ProcedureReturn "Cannot find path"
    EndIf
    
  Else
    ProcedureReturn KeepOutCmd$
  EndIf

EndProcedure

regkeypath$ = "'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion'"

Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVAR(regkeypath$, "'InstallTime'") ; REG_QWORD
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'DigitalProductId'") ; REG_BINARY
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'CurrentMajorVersionNumber'") ; REG_DWORD
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'ProductName'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'UBR'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'BuildLabEx'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'ReleaseId'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'InstallationType'") ; REG_SZ
Debug GetRegValueWinInfoVar(regkeypath$, "'CurrentBuild'") ; REG_SZ
and using a little WMI via powershell:

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Procedure.s GetNetAdapDNSOrder()
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -computername . | select DNSServerSearchOrder", "", #PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read|#PB_Program_Hide)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  ProcedureReturn KeepOutCmd$
 
EndProcedure

Debug GetNetAdapDNSOrder()
Need to test if a web site is up or down ?

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Procedure.s GetTestIfSiteIsUp(thesitetotest$) ; if site is down (or does not exist) PowerShell returns "Access down..." - good for IPv6 sites too
      
OutCmd$ = ""
KeepOutCmd$ = ""
CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " $url = " + "'" + thesitetotest$ + "'" + #CRLF$ + "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient" + #CRLF$ + "Try{$wc.DownloadString($url)}" + #CRLF$ + "catch{Write-host -nonewline " + Chr(34) + "Access down..." + Chr(34) + "}","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
If CmdPromptRun
  While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
    OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
    KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
  Wend
  CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
EndIf
  
outx$ = KeepOutCmd$ ; if site is up this has web page content, if down (or does not exist) then has "Access down..." only  
  
;{filter here for what you want, or if this is that, or use a true/false thing, etc.... e.g... the below
  
If outx$ = "Access down..."
  ProcedureReturn "The " + thesitetotest$ + " site is down"
Else
  ProcedureReturn "The " + thesitetotest$ + " site is up"
EndIf

; true/false
; If outx$ = "Access down..."
;   ProcedureReturn #False ; site is not up
; Else
;   ProcedureReturn #True ; site is up
; EndIf

EndProcedure

Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUp("http://www.purebasic.com")

Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUp("http://www.superpurebasic.com") ; does not exist
or... if you do not need the site content if its up and just need a status, then this one:

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Procedure.s GetTestIfSiteIsUp(thesitetotest$) ; if site is down or does not exist PowerShell returns an error of 'The remote name could not be resolved', else returns the site status code
; web site status codes here > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes 
      ; 'wget' is an alias for 'Invoke-WebRequest'
; - good for IPv6 sites too

OutCmd$ = ""
KeepOutCmd$ = ""
CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " wget " + thesitetotest$ + " | % {$_.StatusCode}","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
If CmdPromptRun
  While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
    OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
    KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
  Wend
  CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
EndIf

If KeepOutCmd$ = "200" ; 200 = site OK - but may return other status codes indicating other things so if that's what you need then filter for it
  ProcedureReturn "the site is up"
Else
  ProcedureReturn "site is down or could not be found"
EndIf

EndProcedure

Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUp("http://www.purebasic.com")

Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUp("http://www.superpurebasic.com") ; does not exist

; Note that the actual full translation of the wget line use above is - $variable = Invoke-WebRequest $url | ForEach-Object {$PSItem | Select-Object -Property StatusCode} - 
; And the Invoke-WebRequest can be used To download a file from the target site, however this is blocked For actual download in Windows 10 unless 
; the 'Unblock-File' comandlet in Powershell is called so using the Unblock-File  comandlet one could use this one liner To download a 
; file from a web site somewhere e.g... http://somesitesomewhere/files/somefile.zip  - the Invoke-WebRequest  
; is safe To use here in the above because the  because 'Unblock-File' comandlet is Not used in the above.
the above is fine for web sites, but how do you tell if a server (e.g... whoami or dns server or a web site server if the web site is down) is up? we can also do this with powershell

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Procedure.b GetTestIfSiteIsUpPing(thesitetotest$) ; use this for servers that are not web sites e.g... a dns server or a whoami server
; uses pings
; if you need certain number of pings or delay change -Count 1 -Delay 2      
OutCmd$ = ""
KeepOutCmd$ = ""
CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " Test-Connection -ComputerName " + thesitetotest$ + " -Count 1 -Delay 2","", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
If CmdPromptRun
  While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
    OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
    KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
  Wend
  CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
EndIf

If FindString(KeepOutCmd$, "Time(ms)", 1, #PB_String_NoCase) > 0
  siteupordown.b = #True 
Else
  siteupordown.b = #False
EndIf

ProcedureReturn siteupordown

EndProcedure


Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUpPing("whoami.akamai.com") ; for Ipv4
; does IPv6 too so if working with IPv6 ...
Debug GetTestIfSiteIsUpPing("2620:0:ccc::2") ; for IPv6
something I found out : some powershell commandlets will take a string directly for items in the comandlet command line and others need escaped strings so the new purebasic EscapeString(....) function comes in handy, so when escape is needed > e.g...

Result$ = EscapeString(Chr(34) + "itemtextstringneedingescape" + Chr(34), #PB_String_EscapeInternal) ; for text passing to powershell commandlet always use the #PB_String_EscapeInternal mode

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:51 pm
by blueb
Thanks smacker! One man's pain is another man's gain (sore leg) :mrgreen:

Here's a recent article that gives hope to Linux and OS X users: http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2016/ ... x-and-osx/

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 9:25 pm
by heartbone
You can't blame PureBasic. :P

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/25 ... or_a_week/

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 5:24 pm
by smacker
netmaestro wrote:I wrote this some time ago. I couldn't remember when if you waterboarded me, not even if the Donald himself was on the bucket:

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Procedure.s GetPath_PowerShell()
  Protected path$ = GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH"), ; List of all paths
            PowerShell$ = "PowerShell not found!",  ; Initialize with failure, success will change it
            thispath$ = #Empty$,                    ; Temporary var to hold path for comparison
            i.i                                     ; Loop counter set to number of paths available
  
  For i = 1 To CountString(path$, ";") + 1
    thispath$ = StringField(path$, i, ";")
    If FindString(thispath$, "powershell", 1, #PB_String_NoCase)
      PowerShell$ = thispath$
      Break
    EndIf
  Next
  ProcedureReturn PowerShell$
EndProcedure

Debug GetPath_PowerShell()
You could modify this easily to take a string parameter and return any desired path that exists in the %PATH.
yep, could do that, thanks for the snippet of code.

If ya just wanna know if powershell is installed or not and don't need the path, so...

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Procedure.b GetPowerShellInstalled()
  
  fndpsinst = RunProgram("powershell.exe", "", "", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open)

  If fndpsinst > 0
    KillProgram(fndpsinst)
    CloseProgram(fndpsinst)
    ProcedureReturn #True ; powershell installed
  Else
    ProcedureReturn #False ; powershell not installed
  EndIf

EndProcedure

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:25 pm
by smacker
Another example.

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Procedure.s CreateFirewallRulesForFirefoxTestExample()
  
  DisplayNameOut$ = "'A Disconnect Block For Firefox Outbound Test'"
  DisplayNameIn$ = "'A Disconnect Block For Firefox Inbound Test'"
  ProgramPathName$ = "'%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'"
  Description$ = "'A block for Firefox'"
  LocalAddressToBlock$ = "'192.168.0.0/16'"
 
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName " + DisplayNameOut$ + " -Action Block -Description " + Description$ + " -Direction Outbound -LocalAddress " + LocalAddressToBlock$ + " -Program " + ProgramPathName$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmdA$ = KeepOutCmdA$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  If FindString(KeepOutCmdA$, "The rule was parsed successfully", 1) > 0
    ruleA.b = #True
    ;ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule was successfully created"
  Else
    ruleA.b = #False
    ;ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule was NOT successfully created"
  EndIf
  
  Delay(1000)
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", " New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName " + DisplayNameIn$ + " -Action Block -Description " + Description$ + " -Direction Inbound -LocalAddress " + LocalAddressToBlock$ + " -Program " + ProgramPathName$,"", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmdB$ = KeepOutCmdB$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
  
  If FindString(KeepOutCmdB$, "The rule was parsed successfully", 1) > 0
    ruleB.b = #True
    ;ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule was successfully created"
  Else
    ruleB.b = #False
    ;ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule was NOT successfully created"
  EndIf
  
  If ruleA = #True And ruleB = #True
    ProcedureReturn "The firewall rules for Inbound and Outbound were successfully created."
  EndIf
  
  If ruleA = #True And ruleB = #False
    ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule for Inbound was successfully created but creation of the Outbound rule failed."
  EndIf
  
  If ruleA = #False And ruleB = #True
    ProcedureReturn "The firewall rule for Outbound was successfully created but creation of the Inbound rule failed."
  EndIf
  
  If ruleA = #False And ruleB = #False
    ProcedureReturn "The creation of the firewall rules for Outbound and Inbound failed."
  EndIf
    

EndProcedure

Re: Powershell and Purebasic

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:32 pm
by smacker
This is a kinda neat use - internet speed test;

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Procedure.s GetDownloadConSpeedPeak()
  
  ; note: writes a test use file to the root of the drive you choose in drvwininst$ (can also choose a directory), the file is called "out-null" (no . extension)
  ; after test complete the test file is deleted. Length of time depends on how fast your connection is, a connection running around 50 Mbit/s the run time is about 1 minute and 20 seconds to
  ; complete which is about the same time it takes, give or take, using a browser and going to 'http://testmy.net/dl-100MB' to run the test in the browser
  
  drvwininst$ = "C:\"
  
  Drvfile$ = Chr(34) + Chr(39) + drvwininst$ + "out-null" + Chr(39) + Chr(34)
    
  cmdline$ = "$wc = New-Object net.webclient; '{0:N2}' -f ((100/(Measure-Command {$wc.Downloadfile('http://testmy.net/dl-100MB'," + Drvfile$ + ")}).TotalSeconds)*8); del " + Drvfile$
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", cmdline$, "", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    KillProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
    
  dlspd$ = Trim(RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "-", #PB_String_NoCase, 1))
  mbytesec.f = ValF(dlspd$) / 8
  mbsecstr$ = StrF(mbytesec, 2)
    
  dlspd$ = dlspd$ + " Mbit/s (megabit per second) Peak { = " + mbsecstr$ + " MB/s (MegaBytes Per Second) Peak}"
  
  ProcedureReturn dlspd$
  
EndProcedure

Debug GetDownloadConSpeedPeak()
if you don't like the idea of the test file in the above being written to a drive then remove or comment out the 'drvwininst$' and ' Drvfile$' lines and use this 'cmdline$' instead:

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cmdline$ = "$wc = New-Object net.webclient; '{0:N2}' -f ((100/(Measure-Command {$wc.Downloadfile('http://testmy.net/dl-100MB'," + "[ref] $NULL" + ")}).TotalSeconds)*8)"
Every 'error' powershell throws either begins with, or has, the word ' Exception', so if you want a simple error trapping thing then replace this section :

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dlspd$ = Trim(RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "-", #PB_String_NoCase, 1))
  mbytesec.f = ValF(dlspd$) / 8
  mbsecstr$ = StrF(mbytesec, 2)
    
  dlspd$ = dlspd$ + " Mbit/s (megabit per second) Peak { = " + mbsecstr$ + " MB/s (MegaBytes Per Second) Peak}"
with this (or something similar concept you come up with):

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   If CountString(KeepOutCmd$, "Exception") = 0
      dlspd$ = Trim(RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "-", #PB_String_NoCase, 1))
      mbytesec.f = ValF(dlspd$) / 8
      mbsecstr$ = StrF(mbytesec, 2)
      dlspd$ = dlspd$ + " Mbit/s (megabit per second) Peak { = " + mbsecstr$ + " MB/s (MegaBytes Per Second) Peak}"
    Else
      dlspd$ = "Not able to test at this time" ; or you could just display the error
    EndIf
When an internet speed test site, like the one used here, says they send you a file to test did you ever wonder where this file went or what was in it? The truth is they don't actually send you a file, what they do is load up the content output in the response to your browser (into your browser) with the amount of data they send (i.e.. in the above examples 100 Mb of data). You can see the data sent if you start up powershell and copy and paste the below into a powershell window at its prompt then hit enter and wait about a minute (actually a little less):

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$wc = new-object System.Net.WebClient;
$wc.DownloadString('http://testmy.net/dl-100MB')
This can be leveraged to our advantage if you do not like the idea of a file being d/l to your system for the speed test as basically the so called data file is really a big string. Although the data string sent in this speed test is harmless, if I were producing a speed test application for distribution i'd want to try and keep away from placing anything on the users system so as to not cause concern. So here is how to leverage the idea this is just really a big string being sent:

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Procedure.s GetDownloadConSpeedPeak() ; download string to out-null version
  
  cmdline$ = "$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient; '{0:N2}' -f ((100/(Measure-Command {$wc.DownloadString('http://testmy.net/dl-100MB') | Out-Null}).TotalSeconds)*8)"
  
  OutCmd$ = ""
  KeepOutCmd$ = ""
  CmdPromptRun = RunProgram("powershell.exe", cmdline$, "", #PB_Program_Hide|#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Read)
  If CmdPromptRun
    While ProgramRunning(CmdPromptRun)
      OutCmd$=ReadProgramString(CmdPromptRun)
      KeepOutCmd$ = KeepOutCmd$ + OutCmd$
    Wend
    KillProgram(CmdPromptRun)
    CloseProgram(CmdPromptRun)
  EndIf
    
  If CountString(KeepOutCmd$, "Exception") = 0
    dlspd$ = Trim(RemoveString(KeepOutCmd$, "-", #PB_String_NoCase, 1))
    mbytesec.f = ValF(dlspd$) / 8
    mbsecstr$ = StrF(mbytesec, 2)
    dlspd$ = dlspd$ + " Mbit/s (megabit per second) Peak { = " + mbsecstr$ + " MB/s (MegaBytes Per Second) Peak}"
  Else
    dlspd$ = "Not able to test at this time"
  EndIf
    
  ProcedureReturn dlspd$
  
EndProcedure


In this one 'downloadstring' method example above, powershells 'Out-NUll' is the (basically) equal of the Linux/unix 'dev/null'. In other words the 'Out-NUll' is a black hole in which anything sent to it is obliterated and goes no where. So in the 'downloadstring' method example above we get the advantage of the 'file' download measurement and don't need to worry about placing anything on the users system and in all the above examples we do not need to consider web browser interaction (which actually slews the test results some depending on the browser and system function at the moment). My least chosen method would be the second example, not that its bad but because its still possible on some systems for a file to be written to the users computer in some form temporarily or the user system condition to slew the result some and although unlikely in most cases of well functioning systems if the goal is to not write a test file to the users computer then to be sure the third method 'downloadstring' method method would probably be best to use as 'Out-NUll' does not care about the users system interaction. Now, the bad news about speed tests on the internet - A connection speed test is only reasonably valid (for a range) within the users ISP network and then only with the measurement method provided by the ISP, the reason for this is because 'connection speed' is always relative to the end point and the entire (user accessable) ISP network is an end point for the user and the only end point for the user for which the conditions are known and measurable by the ISP. In other words, another way of putting it, the connection speed one gets at any given moment is what the end point will give and the user has absolutely zero control over it (given that everything is working on the user end properly). So although one may use a speed test site and brag about (or not brag about) their connection speed it means absolutely nothing and really can not be used for comparing one thing to another, for example saying that "when I connect to site xyz.com I only get 10 Mbps but the speed test site says I am getting 50 Mbps" is an absolutely useless thing to say and means nothing, the reason is that connection speed is always, and only, relative to the end point and no where else and if you only get, for example, 10 Mbps from the end point on an ISP rated 50 Mbps connection then that's what you get and it does not mean there is a problem. (note: the 'end point' results also includes the path between the user and the site end point. i.e. the latency for example). Another thing, sometimes people will say "oh the speed test site says I'm getting 100 Mpbs and my ISP connection is only 50 Mbps", or similar, well, first, its a physics impossibility to have more bandwidth than your ISP will allow which means your connection speed can not exceed that permitted by your allotted bandwidth unless basically you found a way to exceed the speed of light from your computer, and second, see first. The speedtest.net site and others are infamous for telling people they have, for example, 25% to 75% more connection speed than is a physics possibility and ISP's will frequently use these sites to back up how well they say they perform over other ISP's. If you have been or are chasing that speed test site result trying to get that connection speed everywhere on the internet then you have been or are wasting your time along with thousands or millions of others. Once your packets leave the ISP network all bets for connection speed are off and at the mercy of the internet. The only way to get a somewhat reasonable assessment of connection speed for a specific end point is to download an actual file to your system from the end point and measure the time it takes (which is something ISP's do not like people to know so they always say use "speedtest site so and so"), your computer is also part of the path and excluding that by not writing an actual file to the system can slew the results greatly (depending on the users system), so using the first method I outlined in this post where an actual file is written to the system and then deleted is probably the best although the other two examples will work too for a general thing (if considering the above), but remember that the test is only valid to the test site end point used and no where else on the internet so do not expect to get the connection speed given in the results elsewhere or everywhere on the internet.
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