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Woogi

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    IF THEN statement in a Batch file
    « on: April 14, 2009, 03:30:42 PM »
    So I am looking for some help. I need to do an IF THEN in a batch file. I currently have the below script removing some printers and installing others. But I would like to add an IF THEN so that if the new printer is installed, the bat file ends.

    Any ideas?

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    @echo off
    REM Date: 01/29/2009
    REM Created By: John Wilganowski
    REM Comments:
    REM
    REM The Example removes
    REM the calpine machine that was
    REM connected to hou-02svr and
    REM connect the calpine on hou-17svr.
    REM It uses the PRNMNGR.vbs that comes with windows
    REM It will use the local copy of PRNMGR.vbs

    REM EXAMPLE BELOW:

    REM Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-CalPine-PCL"
    REM Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-17svr\HOU-Calpine-PS"
    REM exit




    Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-WhiteHouse-PCL"
    Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-WhiteHouse-PS"
    Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Parthenon"

    Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Pentagon-PCL"
    Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Pentagon-PS"
    Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil"
    exit
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    Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
    « Reply #1 on: April 14, 2009, 03:43:19 PM »
    Could you explain a bit more clearly what you want?

    That isn't really a batch file, it's more a list of calls to the prnmngr VBS script.

    Did you mean "if the new printer is already installed"? Please explain what you're doing and why and what you want to do and why.

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      Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
      « Reply #2 on: April 14, 2009, 03:50:06 PM »
      He wants to have an IF statement that goes off when a new printer is added..

      This doesn't seem possible unless you try printing a test page in a FOR loop and use ERRORLEVEL to indicate that the file couldn't be printed, thus saying that no new printer was installed, this would only work if he didn't already have a printer connected.
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        Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
        « Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 03:52:33 PM »
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        @echo off
        REM Date: 01/29/2009
        REM Created By: John Wilganowski
        REM Comments:
        REM
        REM The Example removes
        REM the calpine machine that was
        REM connected to hou-02svr and
        REM connect the calpine on hou-17svr.
        REM It uses the PRNMNGR.vbs that comes with windows
        REM It will use the local copy of PRNMGR.vbs

        REM EXAMPLE BELOW:

        REM Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-CalPine-PCL"
        REM Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-17svr\HOU-Calpine-PS"
        REM exit



        IF \\HOU-02SVR\HOU-Parthenon EXISIT
        THEN GOTO STOP
        ELSE



        Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-WhiteHouse-PCL"
        Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-WhiteHouse-PS"
        Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Parthenon"

        Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Pentagon-PCL"
        Cscript %windir%\system32\Prnmngr.vbs -d -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Pentagon-PS"
        Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil"
        exit



        :STOP
        EXIT

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        Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
        « Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 04:45:56 PM »
        Quote from: Woogi on April 14, 2009, 03:52:33 PM
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        Wrong syntax. IF EXIST \\HOU-02SVR\HOU-Parthenon GOTO STOP

        That's probably why...
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          Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
          « Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 08:03:57 PM »
          Quote from: Helpmeh on April 14, 2009, 04:45:56 PM
          Wrong syntax. IF EXIST \\HOU-02SVR\HOU-Parthenon GOTO STOP

          That's probably why...

          Well I am not saying that would even work, but that is the just what I am trying to do. I am trying to have the batch file check to see if a network printer is already installed, and if it is, quit the script, but if it isn't, then continue.
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          Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
          « Reply #6 on: April 14, 2009, 08:05:58 PM »
          Quote from: Woogi on April 14, 2009, 08:03:57 PM
          Well I am not saying that would even work, but that is the just what I am trying to do. I am trying to have the batch file check to see if a network printer is already installed, and if it is, quit the script, but if it isn't, then continue.
          Well, I just glanced over it, and that's what I saw.
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          Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
          « Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 12:16:06 AM »
          Woogi, you could use a vbs to enumerate the printers on a particular server and do something based on whether or not the printer you are asking about is in the list.

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            Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
            « Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 07:40:03 AM »
            Quote from: Dias de verano on April 15, 2009, 12:16:06 AM
            Woogi, you could use a vbs to enumerate the printers on a particular server and do something based on whether or not the printer you are asking about is in the list.



            Yeah not that good with VB
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            Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
            « Reply #9 on: April 15, 2009, 10:12:35 AM »
            Quote from: Woogi on April 15, 2009, 07:40:03 AM
            Yeah not that good with VB

            But you are running admin scripts?

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              Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
              « Reply #10 on: April 17, 2009, 07:49:21 AM »
              Quote from: Dias de verano on April 15, 2009, 10:12:35 AM
              But you are running admin scripts?



              And how do the two correlate?
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                Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
                « Reply #11 on: April 17, 2009, 09:19:20 AM »
                Code: [Select]
                cscript//nologo prnmngr.vbs -l | find/i "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil" || (
                Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil"
                )                untested

                however code will run faster in full vbscript.
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                Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
                « Reply #12 on: April 17, 2009, 09:26:49 AM »
                Quote from: Woogi on April 17, 2009, 07:49:21 AM
                And how do the two correlate?

                You are like a person paid as a truck driver who does not know how to operate the gears or clutch.
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                  Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
                  « Reply #13 on: April 17, 2009, 03:14:07 PM »
                  Quote from: Dias de verano on April 17, 2009, 09:26:49 AM
                  You are like a person paid as a truck driver who does not know how to operate the gears or clutch.

                  No, I am like a truck driver who cant build a transmission. Ons inability to do one, does not prevent him from doing the other.
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                    Re: IF THEN statement in a Batch file
                    « Reply #14 on: April 17, 2009, 03:14:43 PM »
                    Quote from: Reno on April 17, 2009, 09:19:20 AM
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                    cscript//nologo prnmngr.vbs -l | find/i "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil" || (
                    Cscript %windir%\system32\prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\hou-02svr\HOU-Menil"
                    )                    untested

                    however code will run faster in full vbscript.

                    Thank you for your help, I will try this out.
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