Question

I am working on a vb.net project and i have a “start” and “Pause” Buttons on the FormPost.exe

I am trying to schedule a batch process to run every day in the morning at 4:00 AM.

How can i run a command prompt to execuite FormPost.exe and them click on “start” button, all via command prompt?

Please let me know. Thanks

Answer 1

What you can do is this override the OnControlCreateMethod() as follows:

Public Class Form1
   Public Sub New()
     ' This call is required by the designer.
     InitializeComponent()

     ' Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call.

   End Sub

   Protected Overrides Sub OnCreateControl()
      MyBase.OnCreateControl()
      If Environment.CommandLine.Contains("/clickme") Then
         ClickMeButton.PerformClick()
         // ... need to wait here until click event handler has finished, e.g.
         // using synchronization objects
         Close()
      End If
   End Sub
End Class

If you pass “/clickme” on the command line it will execute the click event and then close the form. If the form is the only one in the application it will terminate.

Be aware, though, that you will need to add some logic that waits for the click event handler to finish. Try avoid using polling or sleep. Instead try using synchronization objects.