Capture DOS command output

[Steve]

Is there a way to capture DOS command output (normally done with a redirect >>) when using Program Launch?

[rberq]

The only way I have found is to redirect the output to a text file, then read back the text file with the macro script (Text File Begin Process).

[Samrae]

This worked for me:

 

The /c parameter tells cmd.exe to close after running. %TEMP% points to the temporary folder.

 

You could also put commands in a batch file

c:
cd %TEMP%
dir > %TEMP%\DirCmd.txt

 

and use the Program Launch command to run the batch file.

 

And then, as rberg said, load the file into a macro via a 'Variable Set String %T1% from File' command or the Text File Begin process command.

 

 

[Steve]

Thanks. That (the first option) worked for me.