Automatically click a batch file

[zask]

okay lets say i have a batch file that says this

@echo off
color 17
set /p "command=Type text here : "
echo %command%
pause

in order for me to type in the display where it says "Type text here :" i have to click on the batch file, is there a way i can automatically click the batch file (in code) without having to click the batch file by mouse?

[Nexusfactor]

You can start it from command prompt by doing

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start nameofbatchfile.bat instead of double clicking it.

[Geek-9pm]

Well... yes.
OR, he could schedule it  to start at 6:55 every morning.

[Nexusfactor]

Well... yes.
OR, he could schedule it  to start at 6:55 every morning.

I had the feeling he might have wanted it to be automated

I though it best to wait and see.

[zask]

I know its possible to run the batch script invisible with vbs, is it possible to do this at the same time?

[foxidrive]

okay lets say i have a batch file that says this

@echo off
color 17
set /p "command=Type text here : "
echo %command%
pause

in order for me to type in the display where it says "Type text here :" i have to click on the batch file, is there a way i can automatically click the batch file (in code) without having to click the batch file by mouse?

It helps in a programming forum to ask an exact question of what you want to do - because programming is an exact set of steps to solve a specific problem.

You're not alone in giving examples of a simplistic task - most people ask questions with bogus information.  The problem is that you can't get an accurate answer for an inaccurate question.

[zask]

It helps in a programming forum to ask an exact question of what you want to do - because programming is an exact set of steps to solve a specific problem.

You're not alone in giving examples of a simplistic task - most people ask questions with bogus information.  The problem is that you can't get an accurate answer for an inaccurate question.

Im sorry that my question appeared bogus, I couldn't think of anyway to explain it any better than i want the file to automatically click itself at start, but if it helps Nexusfactor answered my previous question

[foxidrive]

I couldn't think of anyway to explain it any better than i want the file to automatically click itself at start

"click itself at start" gives your readers no idea of what you are doing.  It doesn't mean anything.
Explaining the task doesn't hurt, surely.

[zask]

"click itself at start" gives your readers no idea of what you are doing.  It doesn't mean anything.
Explaining the task doesn't hurt, surely.

well i did add an explanation

"in order for me to type in the display where it says "Type text here :" i have to click on the batch file, is there a way i can automatically click the batch file (in code) without having to click the batch file by mouse?"

[Geek-9pm]

Define "automatic".
If using windows 7 speech recognition, you could say "click on the batch file" and it would start. But of course, you would have to have your microphone on and the speech module  loaded.

Batch, of itself, has not even-driven triggers. It has to have some other code start it upon a specific external event. Such as the user touching something to doing something the computer can sense. Telepathy will not be available for at least seven years. Or more.   

[BC_Programmer]

From what I understand, zask's "issue" is that when he double-clicks a batch file on his desktop, it doesn't have focus, so they need to click it to give it focus, and they want it to do this "automatically".

The confusion likely stems from how this behaviour makes no sense whatsoever. I can't reproduce it anywhere, on any system. if I double click a batch file, it launches and it has the focus.

[zask]

From what I understand, zask's "issue" is that when he double-clicks a batch file on his desktop, it doesn't have focus, so they need to click it to give it focus, and they want it to do this "automatically".

The confusion likely stems from how this behaviour makes no sense whatsoever. I can't reproduce it anywhere, on any system. if I double click a batch file, it launches and it has the focus.

okay i will try to explain, lets say you have a batch fie on your desktop and you click it, then it displays a prompt that says "type here : " if you type anything it will not type until you click the prompt. I am trying to make it automatically type inside the prompt when the file is open, instead of opening the the prompt, clicking it, and then typing. Does that make any more sense??

[zask]

like really it's not that hard to understand

[BC_Programmer]

I knew what you meant. And like I said, the confusion probably stems from the fact that what you describe simply is not what happens in a typical Windows Install. If I double-click a batch file on my desktop- or the desktop of any of my Windows systems, keyboard input goes to the command prompt window that appears. I do not have to click it unless I intentionally click elsewhere first. I can double-click the batch file, completely let go of the mouse, and type in the command prompt window without clicking it.

[Geek-9pm]

From this page...
http://www.computerhope.com/sethlp.htm

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@ECHO off
cls
:start
ECHO.
ECHO 1. Print Hello
ECHO 2. Print Bye
ECHO 3. Print Test
set choice=
set /p choice=Type the number to print text.
if not '%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1%
if '%choice%'=='1' goto hello
if '%choice%'=='2' goto bye
if '%choice%'=='3' goto test
ECHO "%choice%" is not valid, try again
ECHO.
goto start
:hello
ECHO HELLO
goto end
:bye
ECHO BYE
goto end
:test
ECHO TEST
goto end
:end
Is that what he wants?