I looked into both these solutions. I couldn't get Expect to work (I'll
guess I'll have to wait for a Win32 version), and the problem with this
other one is that DOS won't relinquish control back to the script until it
has finished running - and since it's waiting for input, it never finishes.
I discovered that I cam make it work if I use the console - DOS will wait
for user input from the console, so you can enter it there.
I checked on the MSDN Library, and it seems that Windows starts an instance
of a 'Virtual Machine' for each DOS prompt. (This is to fool DOS into
thinking it's the only thing running.) What I need is some way to pipe info
into and out of a VM - but I haven't found a way yet. I've looked into
pipes and threads and interprocess communication on the MSDN Library, but
I've found nothing that works yet.
I've shelved this project for a while - I just applied for a job I'm very
likely to get, so I won't have as much free time on my hands - and I'll get
to write Perl! (My last job laid me off - in fact, about 80% of their
developers - a couple of months ago, but they had me writing PHP anyway.)
Wish me luck!
a more windows-ish way might be to open a new window that instructs the
user
to input "something" with a textbox for their input and an OK button to
accept, read in their input, and close the input window.
Look into the Expect module. (note: I'm not positive it is implemented in
the Win32 environment - so forgive me if it is not..)
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