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Hello all,

I know that I can use wscript.stdout.write(line) (or just wscript.echo) and wscript.stdin.read(line) for that.

The problem is that I need it to happen even when the script has its
standard input/output redirected (imagine a console-based "do you want to continue (YN)" interaction)

Using Win32 I can just open "CONIN$" and "CONOUT$", but I can't get those to work using OpenTextFile / CreateTextFile.

Any ideas ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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On 29/11/2025 2:05 am, R.Wieser wrote:

Hello all,

I know that I can use wscript.stdout.write(line) (or just wscript.echo) and wscript.stdin.read(line) for that.

The problem is that I need it to happen even when the script has its
standard input/output redirected (imagine a console-based "do you want to continue (YN)" interaction)

https://www.google.com/search?q=vbscript+OpenTextFile+CreateTextFile+console&sca_esv=b83ae5ae575c3e79&udm=50&source=hp&fbs=AIIjpHybaGNnaZw_4TckIDK59Rtx4FbWz8M1G9nQGNKSn1ac4eplqW_upKgxN2l6D4QtN8nMq83_y28aH73WFhcB8ED-EQVIrcxdVLKF12WOBRNS3T2rXvCQn5CIC0IceZnzGPR-HuU9uLEupq2IsLXhy1orqtkGotN0CtVdcFp6LigbpohDSHOKflngAEj2ia_1UUt_2Q8W&aep=1&ntc=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGy--A77qRAxWAhq8BHWagGHcQ2J8OegQIDxAE&biw=1223&bih=636&dpr=2&mstk=AUtExfD_Cf7tguK-g_QKoUNV_7zM3kyBQIbMh4mxuoweXDANNBiwfJdkSy9STQht1nxm8a9TH1RPia0UNu75BqfayD9CqD26DlS3GFP81tzzI1wtxVpRRE9otH1zrsGw4PIVgmGaSt7HOqsYFmkc_KcnSQVW4D5NxZYuW2Q&csuir=1
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Mr. Man-wai Chang,

https://www.google.com/search?q=vbscript+OpenTextFile+CreateTextFile+console{snip}

[quote=me]
I can't get those to work using OpenTextFile / CreateTextFile.
[/quote]

And yes, I did search for the solution before posting here. Alas, no dice.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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On Sat, 12/13/2025 11:51 AM, R.Wieser wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang,

https://www.google.com/search?q=vbscript+OpenTextFile+CreateTextFile+console{snip}

[quote=me]
I can't get those to work using OpenTextFile / CreateTextFile.
[/quote]

And yes, I did search for the solution before posting here. Alas, no dice.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

I asked CoPilot to write me something.

Prepare a vbscript CSCRIPT program which opens a window,
accepts text input from the terminal session, then displays
"You typed " followed by the text string, placing the text
string on CONOUT and within the opened window, then waits
for an additional carriage return to exit the program.

This is the resulting program.

*********************************************************
' Save this as input_echo.vbs
' Run with: cscript //nologo input_echo.vbs

Option Explicit

Dim WshShell, userInput, dummy

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' Prompt for input from terminal
WScript.StdOut.Write "Type something: "
userInput = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine

' Echo to console
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "You typed " & userInput

' Show in a popup window
WshShell.Popup "You typed " & userInput, 0, "Input Echo", 64

' Wait for carriage return before exit
WScript.StdOut.Write "Press ENTER to exit..."
dummy = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine

*********************************************************

This is the console session. The program blocks on the GUI,
so the GUI has to be OK'ed out first, then you can type
some input to exit the program. Oh, well. If this was a
homework assignment, the AI would not get full marks,
and I'd just have to deliver the query again with comments
added about non-blocking I/O for the GUI part.

PS S:\> cscript //nologo input_echo.vbs
Type something: Hello
You typed Hello
Press ENTER to exit...
PS S:\>

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Paul
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On Sat, 12/13/2025 4:55 PM, Paul wrote:

On Sat, 12/13/2025 11:51 AM, R.Wieser wrote:

Mr. Man-wai Chang,

https://www.google.com/search?q=vbscript+OpenTextFile+CreateTextFile+console{snip}

[quote=me]
I can't get those to work using OpenTextFile / CreateTextFile.
[/quote]

And yes, I did search for the solution before posting here. Alas, no dice. >>
Regards,
Rudy Wieser

I asked CoPilot to write me something.

Prepare a vbscript CSCRIPT program which opens a window,
accepts text input from the terminal session, then displays
"You typed " followed by the text string, placing the text
string on CONOUT and within the opened window, then waits
for an additional carriage return to exit the program.

CoPilot actually commented at the end of the response, about the
missing non-blocking part. Why it didn't do this in the first place,
I don't know. Notice that the GUI now, isn't what you envisioned.
But at least the program "meets specification" from an "intentions
point of view". I don't know if this works for you though.

What is the "GOTO 0" thing ? I don't see a magic label, so this
might be a hallucination of some sort.

*******************************************************************
' Save as input_echo3.vbs
' Run with: cscript //nologo input_echo3.vbs

Option Explicit

Dim WshShell, userInput, dummy, htmlFile, fso, ts

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

' Prompt for input from terminal
WScript.StdOut.Write "Type something: "
userInput = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine

' Echo to console
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "You typed " & userInput

' Create a temporary HTML file for the window
htmlFile = fso.GetSpecialFolder(2) & "\input_echo.html" ' Temp folder
Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile(htmlFile, True)

ts.WriteLine "<html><head><title>Input Echo</title></head>"
ts.WriteLine "<body style='display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;"
ts.WriteLine "height:100%;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16pt;'>" ts.WriteLine "You typed <b>" & Replace(userInput,"'","&#39;") & "</b>" ts.WriteLine "<script>"
ts.WriteLine "window.name='EchoWin';"
ts.WriteLine "</script>"
ts.WriteLine "</body></html>"
ts.Close

' Launch mshta to show the window
WshShell.Run "mshta.exe """ & htmlFile & """", 1, False

' Wait for carriage return before exit
WScript.StdOut.Write "Press ENTER to exit..."
dummy = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine

' Close the window by sending a command to mshta
On Error Resume Next
WshShell.AppActivate "Input Echo"
WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}" ' Alt+F4 to close
On Error GoTo 0

' Clean up temp file
On Error Resume Next
fso.DeleteFile htmlFile
On Error GoTo 0

*******************************************************************

Paul


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On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:05:57 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:

Hello all,

I know that I can use wscript.stdout.write(line) (or just wscript.echo) and wscript.stdin.read(line) for that.

The problem is that I need it to happen even when the script has its standard input/output redirected (imagine a console-based "do you want to continue (YN)" interaction)

Using Win32 I can just open "CONIN$" and "CONOUT$", but I can't get those to work using OpenTextFile / CreateTextFile.

Any ideas ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

Console input : "CON"/"CONIN$" with mode 1 (read)
Console output: "CON"/"CONOUT$" with mode 2 (write)

e.g.:

set fs = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")

'read from standard input. redirected or not
strstd = wsh.stdin.readline

'read from console input. from keyboard
set coninp = fs.opentextfile("con", 1)
strcon = coninp.readline

'write to standard output. redirected or not
wsh.stdout.writeline strstd

'write to console output. to console window
set conout = fs.opentextfile("con", 2)
conout.writeline strcon
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Paul

I asked CoPilot to write me something.

[quote=me, in first post]
The problem is that I need it to happen even when the script has its
standard input/output redirected
[/quote]

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Paul,

What is the "GOTO 0" thing ? I don't see a magic label, so
this might be a hallucination of some sort.

You should have posted the whole line, not just a part of it. :-\

Its how the "on error resume next" setting is switched off.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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JJ,

First of all, did you delete your previous message just now ? I was
reading it and suddenly it disappeared and my newsgroup reader told me he couldn't download that message. Than I re-selected it and this one
appeared instead.

Console input : "CON"/"CONIN$" with mode 1 (read)
Console output: "CON"/"CONOUT$" with mode 2 (write)

Thank you for that.

Strange, I could have sworn I tried exactly that, but could not get it to work. Just now (re?)trying it and it just works.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Mr. Man-wai Chang,

First of all, did you delete your previous message just now ? I was
reading it and suddenly it disappeared and my newsgroup reader told me
he couldn't download that message. Than I re-selected it and this one
appeared instead.

Those are usually just communication errors. Try again later.

No, that I don't think that was the problem. The message before it was replaced with that "can't read it" message was quite different from the one
I got after it.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Mr. Man-wai Chang,

I guess A.I. might need better prompts to get to real solutions.

I just searched for "wscript.stdout.write console" in regular Google, the 7th result:

I ofcourse(?) also sought for a solution on the web and also found and
tested GetStandardStream, and have to say I have no idea what its good for
I'm afraid.

"wscript.stdout" seems to do the exact same under cscript*. And fails the exact same way under wscript.

* Meaning : both can-and-will be redirected to file.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:28:08 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:

JJ,

First of all, did you delete your previous message just now ? I was reading it and suddenly it disappeared and my newsgroup reader told me he couldn't download that message. Than I re-selected it and this one appeared instead.

Huh? That was my first reply in this thread. And this one is my second.
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JJ,

First of all, did you delete your previous message just now ?
I was reading it and suddenly it disappeared and my newsgroup reader
told me he couldn't download that message. Than I re-selected it
and this one appeared instead.

Huh? That was my first reply in this thread. And this one is my second.

Odd. At times like these I could have used MS build-into-the-os screen-recording thingamagotchy so I could verify what I saw. Than again,
at most other times, not.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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