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FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

OK... I don't know the difference between a "carrier return" and a "line feed." Sad

But that's sort of irrelevant to my question: How, from the command
prompt, can I create a new line? For example, some things (such as
JavaScript), use \n for a new line. What's the equivalent in DOS? Confused

Mac · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject:

I'm guessing you mean for a batch file (or command line)?

Use echo dot like this:

echo.

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I'm trying from the command prompt (mentioned in first post, 2nd line)
to do something like:

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Aaha! I can get it to work from VDS, but I need to do it with the command
line.

For VDS I can use:

Mac · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:45 pm Post subject:

Have ya tried this:

NET SEND localhost LINE 1
NET SEND localhost LINE 2

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Yes, but that's basically the same thing as doing something like:

Mac · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

Ya can put it in a batch file....

echo line1
echo line2

then run the bat file from the command line... Wink

Cheers, Mac Smile

Mac · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 12:51 am Post subject:

BTW... WHY are we doin' this anyway... Confused

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

True, but I am using ECHO as an example. It's the Win 2000/XP NET
command I'm trying to figure out. By using NET SEND localhost MESSAGE
you can send your own computer a message. I'm trying to get more than
one line on the message box and I know it's possible because I'm more
than often targeted with advertising with these sort of messages.

I suppose there's a plus to Windows 95: You don't have to deal with those
annoying Messenger Service boxes advertising. Wink

(I think though that LiquidCode posted an open-source messenger
service disabler.)

I'm doing this because I'm trying to make a front end for this command.
By using the @dlgtext() fuction on the MULTI text box I have it occasionally
trims lines off of the end of the message so I'm looking for an alternative.

It's not really that important, I suppose I am getting off my original idea. Smile

Mac · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:15 am Post subject:

Apparently what you need is a CRLF within the string, and I don't
think ya can type that in a single command line from DOS.

Why can't ya use VDS? I still ain't clear on that... Confused

Cheers, Mac Smile

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

If you want to turn off this messenger service (not msn messenger) go into your SERVICES control panel applet and turn off MESSENGER service. Note this turns off the net send messenger service not msn messenger Smile

LOBO · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:56 am Post subject:

Prakash,

I don't think FF is trying to get rid of those ad messages but rather mentioning that there has to be a way to make a line break in one DOS command since the ads using the messenger service are doing it.

Mark

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

I understood the question Smile

I was just offering a suggestion to those who are sick of seeing such messages.

Btw if you want to produce correct line ends in files and in netsend use @chr(10)>>

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:56 am Post subject:

This may not have anything todo with what you're looking for, but...

Try searching the string for @chr(11)@chr(13) if I'm
remembering correctly. I know @chr(13) is a carriage-
return but I'm not sure if @chr(9) or @chr(11) is the
new line character or not. But new lines are a combination
of @chr(13) and one of the other two codes mentioned.

The MS-DOS extended char codes:

Mac · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:03 am Post subject:

@chr(10) = line feed
@chr(13) = carriage return

Cheers, Mac Smile