RunCommand

[RicardoTM]

Hey, maybe someone here can help me. I'm using RunCommand with cmd to copy and paste a folder. Everything works fine on Rainmeter, the problem is the log.txt file. I decided to use the cmd to create the file and everything works as expected except for the format.

Parameter:

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Parameter=IF NOT EXIST DFLT (echo N && echo %DATE% %TIME% Error:DFLT is missing.>>Log.txt) ELSE (IF NOT EXIST #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] (((Xcopy DFLT #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] /e /h /i /v && echo %DATE% %TIME% [#Name] Gauge successfully created.)>>Log.txt) && echo Y ) ELSE ((echo %DATE% %TIME% Error:[#Name] already exists.>>Log.txt) && echo N ))

Log.txt

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DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 file(s) copied
0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   1 9 : 1 0 : 4 3 . 6 7   S S D   G a u g e   s u c c e s s f u l l y   c r e a t e d . 
 
 DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 file(s) copied
  0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   1 9 : 1 3 : 3 7 . 4 6   G P U   G a u g e   s u c c e s s f u l l y   c r e a t e d . 
 
 DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 file(s) copied
0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   1 9 : 1 4 : 5 3 . 5 4   M O B O   G a u g e   s u c c e s s f u l l y   c r e a t e d . 
 
 0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   1 9 : 1 8 : 0 2 . 8 1   E r r o r : S S D   a l r e a d y   e x i s t s . 
 
 0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   1 9 : 1 8 : 1 7 . 6 8   E r r o r : D F L T   i s   m i s s i n g . 
  

As you can tell, the echos I created are weirdly spaced. Does anyone know how to fix that?

[SilverAzide]

Make sure you set RunCommand's option OutputType to UTF8 or ANSI. Looks like you are getting Unicode output mixed into your log file.

[RicardoTM]

It is set to UTF8, the log.txt is not created by the measure but by the command itself. That option only affects the measure's string, which is only "Y" or "N" and it's not output to any file.

The parameter works like this:

There's a folder called DFLT (Default)

First the parameter analyzes if the folder exists, if it doesn't exist then it writes "Error:DFLT is missing." to log.txt and stops. (And the measure string = N)

If it indeed exists then it copies the folder (and everything inside) to paste it on another destination under another name.

Based on the [#Name] variable (User Input) it will look on the destination folder and see if it already exists.

If that folder exists then it stops and writes "Error:[#Name] already exists." to Log.txt (And the measure string = N)

If it doesn't exist then pastes the DFLT folder to a new destination under [#Name] and writes all the files and "[#Name] created successfully." to the Log.txt file. (And the measure string = Y)

So yeah, the problem seems to be that the XCopy command outputs on a format and echo on another format, so I guess what I need to find out is how to change the format in what echo command writes to the file.

[RicardoTM]

Well, It appears to be the Plugin. I ran some tests directly on the cmd and everything looks fine.
Even when I run the code as is on the console everything looks fine, here's the same log file with both entries, first from RunCommand plugin and second from cmd.

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DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 archivo(s) copiado(s)
0 7 / 0 1 / 2 0 2 4   2 3 : 5 6 : 3 9 . 8 0   G P U   G a u g e   s u c c e s s f u l l y   c r e a t e d . 
 
 DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 archivo(s) copiado(s)
08/01/2024  0:58:31.27 [#Name] Gauge successfully created.

Here's how the measure looks:

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[mRun]
Disabled=1
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Parameter=IF NOT EXIST DFLT (echo N && echo %DATE% %TIME%: Error:DFLT is missing.>>Log.txt) ELSE (IF NOT EXIST #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] (((Xcopy DFLT #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] /e /h /i /v && echo %DATE% %TIME% [#Name] Gauge successfully created.)>>Log.txt) && echo Y) ELSE ((echo %DATE% %TIME% Error:[#Name] already exists.>>Log.txt) && echo N))
Timeout=5000
State=Hide
FinishAction=[!UpdateMeasure #CurrentSection#]
OutputType=UTF8
DynamicVariables=1

[nek]

...

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[mRun]
Disabled=1
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Parameter=IF NOT EXIST DFLT (echo N && echo %DATE% %TIME%: Error:DFLT is missing.>>Log.txt) ELSE (IF NOT EXIST #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] (((Xcopy DFLT #ROOTCONFIGPATH#Gauges\[#Name] /e /h /i /v && echo %DATE% %TIME% [#Name] Gauge successfully created.)>>Log.txt) && echo Y) ELSE ((echo %DATE% %TIME% Error:[#Name] already exists.>>Log.txt) && echo N))
Timeout=5000
State=Hide
FinishAction=[!UpdateMeasure #CurrentSection#]
OutputType=UTF8
DynamicVariables=1

How about Program=%ComSpec% /C and OutputType=ANSI and StartInFolder=#SKINSPATH# on the [mRun] ?

@see
RunCommand Program option, #SKINSPATH#
cmd.exe Parameters (learn.microsoft.com)

[RicardoTM]

How about Program=%ComSpec% /C

Woah! That did the trick! Thank you!

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08/01/2024  3:28:53.88: Error:RPG already exists.
08/01/2024  3:29:01.65: Error:SSD already exists.
08/01/2024  3:29:12.76: Copying files:
DFLT\Gauge.ini
DFLT\HSLiders\HSLiders.ini
DFLT\List\List.ini
DFLT\Settings\Settings.ini
DFLT\Variables\HSLiders.inc
DFLT\Variables\Settings.inc
6 archivo(s) copiado(s)
08/01/2024  3:29:12.76: ALPH Gauge successfully created.
08/01/2024  3:29:26.44: Error:DFLT is missing.

OutputType=ANSI and StartInFolder are not necessary in my case as the current skin folder is already default without it. And the string of mRun is just "Y" or "N" so the Type option is not important.Thank you nek.

[SilverAzide]

OutputType=ANSI and StartInFolder are not necessary in my case as the current skin folder is already default without it. And the string of mRun is just "Y" or "N" so the Type option is not important.Thank you nek.

I believe you are misunderstanding the purpose of OutputType. This is the output type of the console (command session), not the return text. You should use OutputType=ANSI to ensure commands executed in the console will output ANSI values, as Windows DOS commands will output Unicode in some cases.

[RicardoTM]

I believe you are misunderstanding the purpose of OutputType. This is the output type of the console (command session), not the return text. You should use OutputType=ANSI to ensure commands executed in the console will output ANSI values, as Windows DOS commands will output Unicode in some cases.

Mmh, interesting. When I was testing it seemed to only affect the format on the string and the text file only if I used OutputFile. Thank you for the info.

[RicardoTM]

Well, I'm back lol. This time I'm experimenting on creating meters using PowerShell.
When I run this code in PowerShell it works, it writes the lines correctly, but if I do it in Rainmeter it doesn't.
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(Get-Content "test.ini" -Raw) + "`r`n[Meter5] `nMeter=Shape `nMeterStyle=Meterstyle" | Set-Content "test.ini"

log.txt

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On line: 1 Character: 30
+ (Get-Content test.ini -Raw) + `r`n[Meter5] `rMeter=Shape `rMeterS ...
+                                ~
You must provide a value expression after the '+' operator.
On line: 1 Character: 31
+ (Get-Content test.ini -Raw) + `r`n[Meter5] `r`nMeter=Shape `r`nMeterS ...
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token '`r`n[Meter5]' in the expression or statement.
    + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExpectedValueExpression

The problem seems to be with "+" and "`r`n". If I take them out it works but it writes everything in the same line including `r`n. Should I use some specific syntax for this case?.

When I take the "+" out:

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On line: 1 Character: 29
+ ... st.ini -Raw) `r`n[Meter5]`nMeter=Shape`nMeterStyle=Meterstyle | Set-C ...
+                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Token '`r`n[Meter5]`nMeter=Shape`nMeterStyle=Meterstyle' in the expression or statement.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

Sinces quotes " are necessary for the ` escape character to work on PowerShell, I also tried with double and triple quotes but no change.

This is the measure:

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[Add]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell  
Parameter=(Get-Content "test.ini" -Raw) "`r`n[Meter5] `nMeter=Shape `nMeterStyle=Meterstyle" | Set-Content "test.ini"
State=Hide
OutputType=UTF8
OutputFile=log.txt

Edit.
Well, I changed the approach and this worked:

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Add-Content "test.ini" "`r`n[Meter5]`nMeter=Shape`nMeterStyle=Meterstyle"

Here's the complete code in case it is useful for someone else:

Test.ini

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[Rainmeter]
Update=-1
AccurateText=1

[Metadata]
Name= Test
Author= RicardoTM
Information= Create and Delete meters.
Version= 1.0
License= Creative Commons Attribution - Non - Commercial - Share Alike 3.0

[Variables]
N=4

[MeterStyle]
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,100,20
y=R

[Less]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell.exe
Parameter=(Get-Content Test.ini -Raw) -replace '(?s)\[Meter[#N]\].*?;---' | ForEach-Object { $_.TrimEnd() } | Set-Content Test.ini -Encoding UTF8
State=Hide
OutputFile=log.txt
OutputType=UTF8
FinishAction=[!WriteKeyValue Variables N ([#N]-1)][!Refresh]

[Add]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell  
Parameter=Add-Content "Test.ini" "`n[Meter$([#N]+1)]`nMeter=Shape`nMeterStyle=Meterstyle`n`;---"
State=Hide
OutputType=UTF8
OutputFile=log.txt
FinishAction=[!WriteKeyValue Variables N ([#N]+1)][!Refresh]

[Button]
meter=shape
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,20,20 | Fill Color 125,0,0 | StrokeWidth 0
x=110
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure Less run]

[Button2]
meter=shape
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,20,20 | Fill Color 0,125,0 | StrokeWidth 0
x=130
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure Add run]

[Meter]
Meter=Shape
MeterStyle=MeterStyle
x=0
y=0

[Meter1]
Meter=Shape
MeterStyle=MeterStyle
;---

[Meter2]
Meter=Shape
MeterStyle=MeterStyle
;---

[Meter3]
Meter=Shape
MeterStyle=Meterstyle
;---

[Meter4]
Meter=Shape
MeterStyle=Meterstyle
;---