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.bat file in Excel with parameters
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I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address ..BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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.bat file in Excel with parameters
Here is a .bat file called testfile.bat:
echo %1 pause Here is a piece of VBA that calls it with a parameter: Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat hello", 1) End Sub Upon selecting a cell, your macro would 1. get the ping address 2. do the Shell with hello replaced -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200728 "Ashly A K" wrote: hi! I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address .BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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.bat file in Excel with parameters
hi!!
Thanks a TON!!! One more question, insted of harcoding "hello" in the VBA, can i make it read from a cell ? -Ashly "Gary''s Student" wrote: Here is a .bat file called testfile.bat: echo %1 pause Here is a piece of VBA that calls it with a parameter: Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat hello", 1) End Sub Upon selecting a cell, your macro would 1. get the ping address 2. do the Shell with hello replaced -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200728 "Ashly A K" wrote: hi! I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address .BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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.bat file in Excel with parameters
Hi
Just amend Gary's code x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat " & Range("A1"), 1) -- Regards Roger Govier "Ashly A K" wrote in message ... hi!! Thanks a TON!!! One more question, insted of harcoding "hello" in the VBA, can i make it read from a cell ? -Ashly "Gary''s Student" wrote: Here is a .bat file called testfile.bat: echo %1 pause Here is a piece of VBA that calls it with a parameter: Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat hello", 1) End Sub Upon selecting a cell, your macro would 1. get the ping address 2. do the Shell with hello replaced -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200728 "Ashly A K" wrote: hi! I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address .BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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.bat file in Excel with parameters
hi! Thanks!!
I tried it. Below is my code : Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c a.bat" & Range("A1"), 1) End Sub and my .bat file looks like : @echo off pause ping %1 pause This is a test .bat file, i put 2 "pause" in between to see what is happening. Well, my Excel Sheet is like below : 192.168.0.10 10.15.40.15 123.58.48.10 And all are in "A1","A2", and "A3" cells. So, when the user click on A1, the system should ping 192.168.0.10. I tried the modifiction you told, but it is not working. A DOS window comes and dispaers. I can't even read what it is. If the .BAT file is getting executed, it should come and pasue. Thanks a LOT for your great helping hand. -Regards, Ashly A K "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Just amend Gary's code x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat " & Range("A1"), 1) -- Regards Roger Govier "Ashly A K" wrote in message ... hi!! Thanks a TON!!! One more question, insted of harcoding "hello" in the VBA, can i make it read from a cell ? -Ashly "Gary''s Student" wrote: Here is a .bat file called testfile.bat: echo %1 pause Here is a piece of VBA that calls it with a parameter: Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat hello", 1) End Sub Upon selecting a cell, your macro would 1. get the ping address 2. do the Shell with hello replaced -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200728 "Ashly A K" wrote: hi! I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address .BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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.bat file in Excel with parameters
Hi Ashly
x = Shell("cmd.exe /c a.bat" & Range("A1"), 1) You deleted the space after bat and before the double quote try x = Shell("cmd.exe /c a.bat " & Range("A1"), 1) -- Regards Roger Govier "Ashly A K" wrote in message ... hi! Thanks!! I tried it. Below is my code : Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c a.bat" & Range("A1"), 1) End Sub and my .bat file looks like : @echo off pause ping %1 pause This is a test .bat file, i put 2 "pause" in between to see what is happening. Well, my Excel Sheet is like below : 192.168.0.10 10.15.40.15 123.58.48.10 And all are in "A1","A2", and "A3" cells. So, when the user click on A1, the system should ping 192.168.0.10. I tried the modifiction you told, but it is not working. A DOS window comes and dispaers. I can't even read what it is. If the .BAT file is getting executed, it should come and pasue. Thanks a LOT for your great helping hand. -Regards, Ashly A K "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Just amend Gary's code x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat " & Range("A1"), 1) -- Regards Roger Govier "Ashly A K" wrote in message ... hi!! Thanks a TON!!! One more question, insted of harcoding "hello" in the VBA, can i make it read from a cell ? -Ashly "Gary''s Student" wrote: Here is a .bat file called testfile.bat: echo %1 pause Here is a piece of VBA that calls it with a parameter: Sub parm_it() ChDir ("C:\") x = Shell("cmd.exe /c testfile.bat hello", 1) End Sub Upon selecting a cell, your macro would 1. get the ping address 2. do the Shell with hello replaced -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200728 "Ashly A K" wrote: hi! I am looking for a VBA (or anything!!! yes..i am very desperate) which will enable me to run a .BAT file with parameters from Excel. ie: if i have a .BAT file, which will ping a IP Address .BAT will look like @Echo off ping %1 So, when i run from the command prompt, i could run as "filename.bat 192.168.0.10" - which will ping the IP Address. I want to achieve this thru an Excel File. Ie : there will be IP address in a Colum, and as users click on that, the system shoud run the .bat file, by taking the IP address given. I even tried to call this as a hyper link, but was not able to pass the parameters. Could any one PLEASE.... help me ? -Ashly |
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