== Using the Windows Scripting Host to Start Applications ==

==== de Steve K5FR ====

Windows includes a scripting mechanism called the '''Windows Scripting Host''' that can be used to start Windows applications. The '''DXLab Launcher''' can be configured to start your DXLab applications, and start up to four non-DXLab applications ''after'' your DXLab applications are up and running. However, the Launcher does not offer the option of on or more starting non-DXLab applications before starting your DXLab applications. You can create a Windows Script that does this, specifying a delay (in milli-seconds) between each application start:

||Dim !WshShell||
||Set !WshShell = WScript.!CreateObject("WScript.Shell")||
||!WshShell.Exec("C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\Desktop\Repos_PALPB\!PowerSDR.exe")||
||WScript.Sleep(10000)||
||!WshShell.Exec("C:\DDUtil\!DataDecoder.exe")||
||WScript.Sleep(5000)||
||!WshShell.Exec("C:\Afreet\!CwSkimmer\!CwSkimmer.exe autostart")||
||WScript.Sleep(1000)||
||!WshShell.Exec("C:\Program Files\MRP40 Morse Decoder\MRP40v61.exe")||
||!WshShell.Exec("C:\Program Files\DXLab Suite\Launcher\DXLabLauncher.exe")||


The above script

 1. starts '''PowerSDR'''
 1. waits 10 seconds
 1. starts '''!DataDecoder'''
 1. waits 5 seconds
 1. starts '''CW Skimmer'''
 1. waits 1 second
 1. starts '''MRP40'''
 1. starts the '''DXLab Launcher'''


Script commands should be placed in a file whose suffix is '''.vbs''', e.g. '''!StartAll.vbs'''; you can use '''Notepad''' to do this.

There are several ways to run a script:

 1. by typing a command line into the Windows Console (CMD):

wscript.exe !StartAll.vbs


 1. by creating a batch file that contains the above command line; if you create a file named !StartAll.bat that contains the command

wscript.exe !StartAll.vbs
then you can either run the script by double-clicking !StartAll.bat in '''Windows Explorer''', or you can create a shortcut to !StartAll.bat on the '''Windows Desktop''' and double-click it




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