Launch Program: Example of cmd.exe

Commands can be run individually or can be created and added to the Conversion Task list to be run as a group. In order to launch a program and complete a task, do the following:

  1. Enter the application name into the Application Name textbox
  2. Enter the command line arguments to accomplish one task into the Command Line Arguments textbox
  3. Set Window State, Thread Priority and Time to Wait as desired or accept the default settings
  4. Click 'Add' to add this to the Conversion Task list

At this point you can run the single task you entered by clicking the 'Convert' button or you can add additional tasks by going through steps 1-4 again for each task then clicking 'Convert'. Save the job as a *.SII file if you would like to run it again at another time by clicking File\Save Conversion Job from the main menu.

For example, in order to run the five commands in the table below as one group, go through steps 1-4 for each Application Name/Command Line Argument pair. The entire job will accomplish the following: 1) create a directory named TestDir on drive C; 2) copy the file Sample1.TXT into the folder, and name it Copy1.TXT; 3) rename the new file to CopyOfSample and save it as rich text format (*.RTF); 4) delete the file Sample1.TXT from drive D; 5) run a batch file named cmdline.BAT.

 

Application Name

Command Line Arguments

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

/c mkdir C:\TestDir

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

/c copy D:\Suzanne\Sample1.TXT C:\TestDir\Copy1.TXT

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

/c rename C:\TestDir\Copy1.TXT CopyOfSample.RTF

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

/c del D:\Suzanne\Sample1.TXT
(Note: you may include /P as a final argument and you will be prompted to confirm the deletion)

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

/c D:\Suzanne\cmdline.BAT

 

NOTE: CMD.EXE is sometimes called COMMAND.EXE, both located in the System32 folder of your operating system.