Ping

Can SwiftForth invoke the Windows scripting host?

If so, I would suggest using the Windows Scripting Host to invoke ping fro=
m
Forth using the scripting host's wshell=2Erun method=2E I have done this f=
rom
Visual Basic via the Windows Scripting Host OCX control WSHom=2Eocx in the=

windows/system32 directory=2E

In VB the key is to use a synchronous shell mechanism so that the code can=

examine the results after completion of the shell command=2E The VB "shell=
"
command runs asynchronously and requires some gymnastics to determine its
completion while the wscript run method waits for completion of the shell
command=2E

Here is a VB fragment=2E

Dim sAppToRun=20
sAppToRun =3D "ping machinename > outputfile=2Etxt"
set wshell =3D CreateObject("wscript=2Eshell")=20
'says to run synchronously,=20
wshell=2Erun sAppToRun,,1=20
set wshell=3Dnothing=20

-Wil Blake

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Received on Mon Mar 22 2004 - 06:21:05 PST