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marty
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 Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 1:23 pm Post subject: VDSCONSOLE.DLL & Telnet question |
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Hi,
Well for the first time I'm using VDS for the company I work for instead of my personnal stuff.
My goal is to convince them to use VDS for some automation procedures. But I'm having some problems with my
prototype project.
My project will be
- Choose a Database connection - Done
- Start automation software (Rational SQA Robot) - Done
- Choose the proper test script - Done
- Get some info from the database using vdsdb.dll - Done
- compile the script -Done
- Wait till the robot is finished running the test script - Done
Now my problem is when all is finished I want VDS to connect to a UNIX server thru telnet and run a batch job and
monitor the job until its finished and run a Windows app that retreived and formats the results to read into MS Excel.
I tried using VDSCONSOLE.DLL to start Telnet.exe (using the supplied example with the DLL), but nothing seems to happen. When I try with cmd.exe I get some output into the list.
Also tried using VDSIPP.DLL with the TCP protocol by doing :
| Code: | external @path(%0)vdsipp.dll,demo
INTERNET TCP,CREATE,1
INTERNET TCP,CONNECT,myserverip
info @INTERNET(TCP,CONNECTED,1)
rem Its connected to the UNIX server
rem Now send username
INTERNET TCP,SEND,1,username@cr()
info @INTERNET(TCP,MESSAGE,1)
INTERNET TCP,DESTROY,1 |
Running that bit of code crashes VDS, don't know why exacly.
Ideally I would like to use VDSCONSOLE.DLL, that way I would get all that happens thru telnet into a list.
The VDS application will run on Windows NT 4.0 machines.
Currently testing the prototype on Win2K
Any ideas ? 
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Hortalonus
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Joined: 15 Mar 2002
Posts: 344
Location: Western USA
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I don't know about VDSCONSOLE.DLL (never used it), but your vdsipp.dll code is missing a client number in the connect command. That could be causing the crash when you run it.
Try this:
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external @path(%0)vdsipp.dll,demo
INTERNET TCP,CREATE,1
INTERNET TCP,CONNECT,1,myserverip
info @INTERNET(TCP,CONNECTED,1)
rem Its connected to the UNIX server
rem Now send username
INTERNET TCP,SEND,1,username@cr()
info @INTERNET(TCP,MESSAGE,1)
INTERNET TCP,DESTROY,1
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marty
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| Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks.. But I erased it by mistake while posting it.  My mistake.. in my code its ok.. |
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Skit3000
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| Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2002 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe it is a good idea to use the vdsinet.dll from Tommy. That one doesn't let VDS crash. The downside of it is that you can only have one connection at the same time. |
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marty
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2002 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ok heres a status for those interested.
Its not VDSCONSOLE the problem it seems. I tried another application made in C that does exacly what VDSCONSOLE does and the same problem happens when calling telnet.exe, nothing appears.
So I will have to find another solution very shortly. If I dont well too bad for this project. My boss really wants to see if I can send telnet commands and capture the results as it goes.
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