Can I do this with Studio ???

[trevorst]

I would like to have my client shut down the computer when Sage is Closed. I have already added an Exit command on the main menu and would like the machine to shut down when my wife clicks on it.

The machine is used only for PVR use and is set to bring Sage up on boot, if I need to do maintence I can take sage out of FS and exit that way.

[Opus4]

I don't know a command/utility to use with it, but I would think you could use the ExecuteProcess API call to run a program that shuts down the PC.

- Andy

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Opus4

I don't know a command/utility to use with it, but I would think you could use the ExecuteProcess API call to run a program that shuts down the PC.

- Andy

NirCmd supports shutting down remote computers ...

Dirk

[trevorst]

Downloaded nircmd and it looks like it will work (running from command line) now how do I use it in studio. Tried making a new action widget that used executeprocess but it does nothing.
Executeprocess(c:\nircmd.exe, exitwin poweroff,,)

Any thoughts ???

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by trevorst

Executeprocess(c:\nircmd.exe, exitwin poweroff,,)

You'll have to put quotes around the command string. Then, for more info about sending multiple arguments to the program, see executeprocess arguments.

- Andy

[trevorst]

That still didn't work, here is the command line.
ExecuteProcess(C:\nircmd.exe, "exitwin poweroff", , )

Appreciate any help...

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by trevorst

That still didn't work, here is the command line.
ExecuteProcess(C:\nircmd.exe, "exitwin poweroff", , )

Appreciate any help...

args = java_lang_String_split("exitwin,poweroff",",")
ExecuteProcess("C:\\nircmd.exe", args, null, null)

That should do it ...


Dirk

[trevorst]

Thanks I'll give that a try tomorrow.. Args should still be in quotes "exitwin poweroff" correct ???
So the full string should be ExecuteProcess("C:\\nircmd.exe", "exitwin poweroff", null, null)

Is this correct ???

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by trevorst

Thanks I'll give that a try tomorrow.. Args should still be in quotes "exitwin poweroff" correct ???
So the full string should be ExecuteProcess("C:\\nircmd.exe", "exitwin poweroff", null, null)

Is this correct ???

No, actually it should be exactly as I posted it above. If you dont want to create two action widgets, you can also write

ExecuteProcess("C:\\nircmd.exe", java_lang_String_split("exitwin,poweroff",","), null, null)

You need the java call (which simply creates a String array from the comma separated string) because ExecuteProcess expects a Collection or Array for the args parameter, otherwise it would be interpreted as a single argument ...

Hope this helps,

Dirk

[trevorst]

Thanks for all the replies but I am getting confused...
Could someone please paste the code I should use, that would be a great help. I think you guy's are great to help but a little actual code is such a great help....
Thanks for all your inputs.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by trevorst

Could someone please paste the code I should use

That's exactly what flachbar has done, twice. Can you be more clear as to what you don't understand about it? He has provided the exact text to use on one (2nd post) or two (1st post) Action widgets.

- Andy

[GKusnick]

You might want to turn on the Notify on Errors checkbox in Studio so you can tell if you've entered the expressions incorrectly.

[trevorst]

Thanks Dirk your code worked like a charm and helped me understand the syntax a lot better....
Opus my last post crossed with the post from Dirk so I didn't see the code last night.

This has really upped the WAF for me.. Thanks for all the help.