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flypaper
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 Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject: I cant get EXITWIN to work on 2k (VDS4)... help? |
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It seems to just hang my 2k boxes. What I had been doing was copying shutdown.exe from an XP box to the 2k machines and calling that. However, here's where I need your help...
Is it possible to combine shutdown.exe and another .exe I'm using into some sort of resource file in VDS4? From what I read, the resource file can only be used for icons. Is there something else?
If not, how can I get this EXITWIN command to work properly?
Thanks guys!
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ShinobiSoft
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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You can use SSRC.EXE or any other VDS resource compiler to add any
files you wish to a VDS resource file. I dont' have any info for you about
EXITWIN and W2K. Sorry.
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flypaper
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ShinobiSoft wrote: | You can use SSRC.EXE or any other VDS resource compiler to add any
files you wish to a VDS resource file. I dont' have any info for you about
EXITWIN and W2K. Sorry. |
I guess my confusion is how do I call the .exe from the program?
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filip
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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You can not call exe from source that's for shure...
I was trying to add an exe in VDS 5 #Resource and try to run'it no can do chef...
There is no logic in this about running exe from source inside another program OK
I remember first of Windows 2000 they had some problems around shutdown install SP4 and Windows 2000 resource kit
They use Shutdown.exe /s not like XP with -s
XP can work with /s and -s
Windows 2000 probably can't work with -s
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flypaper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe I'm alone here, but none of my 2k boxes have shutdown.exe on em...
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Aslan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Shutdown.exe for W2K is on the W2K Resource kit CD
I attached it to this message
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flypaper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Aslan wrote: | Shutdown.exe for W2K is on the W2K Resource kit CD
I attached it to this message |
Thanks.
Actually, I already have shutdown.exe tho. I was hoping for a way to pack a couple of .exes into a file, or the ability to shutdown 2k boxes with EXITWIN or some other manner...
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ShinobiSoft
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| flypaper wrote: | | ShinobiSoft wrote: | You can use SSRC.EXE or any other VDS resource compiler to add any
files you wish to a VDS resource file. I dont' have any info for you about
EXITWIN and W2K. Sorry. |
I guess my confusion is how do I call the .exe from the program? |
When you use a VDS resource compiler you can also generate a map file
that contains the offsets for the files included in the resource file. My
resource compiler, SSRC.exe has documentation that explains how to use
the compiler. After creating the resource file and the map file, in your
script create a string list like you would to load a text file from a resource
script. Then save the string list under the required file name. If you need
a sample, let me know and I'll post an example.
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vtol
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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This probably not what your looking for:
| Code: | #RESOURCE ADD,BINARY,C:\VDS5\filename.exe,1
BINFILE SAVERES,BINARY,1,c:\newlocation\newname.exe |
But it drops the file to a new location with a new filename.
But as said earlier you cannot run them from inside your EXE.
Pritty sure your only allowed 4 files per EXE
Just change the 1 to 2,3, or 4 for more..
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flypaper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| ShinobiSoft wrote: |
When you use a VDS resource compiler you can also generate a map file
that contains the offsets for the files included in the resource file. My
resource compiler, SSRC.exe has documentation that explains how to use
the compiler. After creating the resource file and the map file, in your
script create a string list like you would to load a text file from a resource
script. Then save the string list under the required file name. If you need
a sample, let me know and I'll post an example. |
If it makes a difference, I'm using VDS4, but I'd love to see how I could combine .exes then call them if you wouldn't mind.
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ShinobiSoft
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Just to be sure, do you also need an example of how to create a VDS 4
compatible resource file too?
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flypaper
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ShinobiSoft wrote: | Just to be sure, do you also need an example of how to create a VDS 4
compatible resource file too? |
I'm guessing that your program is pretty straight forward, I just have no idea how to script it once I have the resource file. AFAIK, there is no documentation in VDS on it...
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ShinobiSoft
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Flypaper,
Here's the code you asked for. Hopefully this will help solve your dilema.
Please read the comments in the script before running it. There is already
a compiled resource file in the zip file. It contains two files, calc.exe and
notepad.exe from the windows directory. They are from Windows 98 SE.
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flypaper
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, yeah thats some coding I would have NEVER figured out. Very cool man, very cool.
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flypaper
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm
This script appears that it will recreate the .exes and run them from the .dsr. Is there any way to totally hide the .exes?
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