Windows Scripting

[Benny]

And please read the forum rules before posting.

Is it a simple thing in XP to be able to
1 -  run an app,
2- put in the username/pass,
3- select an option from the file menu,
4- then populate some fields in that,
5 - which final gives an output which can be excelified with another button press.

Almost like running a macro from excel, but into a bespoke app.

From there I'd like to be able to make the form input (part 4), variable based on the date you run it.

Possible?

[Anonymous]

if you are comfortable with Visual basic then you'll be comfortable with scripting. Some good resources at http://labmice.techtarget.com/scripting/default.htm

[Benny]

Thanks BB, I'm not, but I'll have a go. I don't think what I'm trying to do is 'difficult', but I'm not a coder.....PERL annoys me, PASCAL made me change career.

[Gandalf]

I use wintask; http://www.wintask.com/

It's not cheap but it's very, very powerful. With functions, arrays and while loops, etc.

I use it for loads of stuff here, primarily re-linking database fields into our company brochures (as our art guys seem to love deleting the original links! :ranting2: )

[Liberator]

'Windows Scripting Host' is pretty powerful, as you can pull in the standard windows GUI's and its free.

I had a book on it somewhere.

I see its one of the options linked in BB's post.