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Returns decimal number to tenths (unless number is an integer).

I've been working on a piece of software too Ed, for almost 2 years on and off. A little over 1000 lines of code though, much of it space and commenting, but highly complex/optimized/modular. You do need a regional copy of Windows for the differences between languages with DOS tools. Changing locale...

Well as he said, force-terminating processes is unsafe work best done with only a few clicks using task manager, however I'm not going to wag a finger. Here's my own vbscript based tasklister which is in some ways better than tasklist, and will work on Windows XP Home where tasklist is nonexistent a...

Answered the same question a number of times recently: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2677&p=12235#p12235

Ok, you have a variable foobar which is expanded when you write it as %foobar% . When expanded, you can replace matching text using the syntax: %foobar:apples=oranges% With %foobar:\=" "% , all \ become " " : \\DPTEST\smspkgf$\GLB0001 becomes " "" "DPTEST"...

Well, "%foobar:\=" "%" outputs this: "" "" "DPTEST" "smspkgf$" "GLB0001" The two empty quotation marks cause two iterations in the for loop. Normal for will iterate for each item within (), using the delimiters space, tab, and com...

Yes, read for /? , but I thought I would explain a little myself. Here's your standard version: set string=\\DPTEST\smspkgf$\GLB0001 for /f "delims=\ tokens=1" %%a in ("%string%") do ( echo %%a ) for /f = for 's text-processing mode. "delims=\ tokens=1" = Options. delim...

A better option would be to write an exception in the clean-up script for those particular files. Otherwise, the process goes like... ren file1.tmp file1.tmp.dat ren file2.bak file2.bak.dat *script runs* ren file1.tmp.dat file1.tmp ren file2.bak.dat file2.bak ren has the syntax: ren source new_name ...

phillid, great! Please note it said libstdc++-6.dll was missing for me with gotoxy, as well as the other DLL for both. nitt wrote a program here that did a similar job as gotoxy but it relied on .NET. I requested a C(++) version but he was unable... However, nitt's version I think had one feature, w...

I've written a complex function for the same purpose, so maybe I can help... This is a very simplified version (it is unable to handle paths at the drive root and first level). The behaviour of a trailing backslash is actually a useful thing to exploit. You can determine if a path is a folder, a fil...

Just my 2 cents, WMI is very useful. As aGerman said, the command line WMIC tool isn't available with all relevant versions of Windows though. Accessing WMI through VBScript is, however. Basic VBScript WMI construct: set a=getobject("winmgmts:") set b=a.execquery("select whatever_prop...

I need it to process only the first line of test.txt. REM Printline: REM Standard printline: set "$file=test.txt" for /f "usebackq tokens=1*" %%a in ("!$file!") do ( set "check=%%a" if "!check:~,9!"=="printline" ( set "command=%%a&quo...

Yes, that is what I was talking about. I said it makes 2 processes, I want it to make just one. Use start cmd /k cd /d C:\ start will create the new cmd instance separately, which allows the first instance to reach the end (and exit) if loaded by a batch file. Simply figure what works best for you.

Or the vbscript method...

sleep.vbs

http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2677&p=12235#p12235 ...where "%{F3}" contains whatever key presses/special keys you want to enter. So "94.103.150.147" would suffice. You may need to focus your application window first. So all together...: set a=wscript.cr...