Getting a returned value from an exe

[justusiv]

So i am pretty new to EventGhost. Using it because of AutoRemote https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... autoremote
Anyways i am needing in EventGhost to return a value from a command line run but am unsure how to do this. For example if you run "wmic bios get serialnumber" on a command line you get a value back. How can i get this value into EventGhost?

[Pako]

Get result from System.Execute

[justusiv]

I actually found that yesterday and was testing it.... I was having a hard time getting anything besides a builtin command to work.. the second i was trying 3rd party exe i was getting no values back.
My other thought was what the first guy was doing. Write everything to a file, then read the contents of the file. It was late and i ran into issues with the file read operations. I will play around with it more today.

[justusiv]

Can someone explain why i get giberish from this?
New macro
File Operations: Read text from file: data.txt
Show OSD: {eg.result}

Instead of seeing the data from data.txt
I get garbage. Ideas? If i can get this working I can achieve what i want
I have played with the Input data coding a bit but without luck.

[Pako]

Can someone explain why i get giberish from this?
New macro
File Operations: Read text from file: data.txt
Show OSD: {eg.result}

Instead of seeing the data from data.txt
I get garbage. Ideas?

I would like to advise you, but I can not.
How can I know what you're doing wrong?

Pako

[justusiv]

Well usually when helping someone troubleshoot you go over the basics and mention any "gotchas", maybe ask for any additional information that is needed, see if you can recreate the issue yourself etc
obviously the File Operation - Read text is not functioning the way i think it should. Based on the output i am getting it feels like a file encoding issue but dont know the magic formula to output properaly.

And as i was typing this i figured it out..
The Input Data Coding need to be set to utf_16, or atleast my current data.txt is working with that setting.

[Pako]

maybe ask for any additional information that is needed

Well, I think it's pretty clear what information is needed. At least:
1) The file from which you want to read
2) Your settings (dialog) of the actions File Operations.Read from text file (preferably screenshot)

And as i was typing this i figured it out.

Congratulations!

Pako

[kkl]

Well usually when helping someone troubleshoot you go over the basics and mention any "gotchas", maybe ask for any additional information that is needed, see if you can recreate the issue yourself etc.

You're the one asking for help and you have the temerity to lecture Pako, of all people, on how he should help you? As he said, your question didn't provide nearly enough information; take some responsibility.

This forum is littered with one-time posters who ask their question and are never heard from again; no follow-up on what happened, and rarely a thank you. It's no wonder that there are so few people left willing to help.

[kalia]

You're the one asking for help and you have the temerity to lecture Pako, of all people, on how he should help you? As he said, your question didn't provide nearly enough information; take some responsibility.

+1

Don't mess with Pako!