Shell Would this be possible? User set timer, close, open at timer end

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Would this be possible? User set timer, close, open at timer end - Elite Hacker 69 - Dec 18, 2015

I want to make a script that will, on startup, open a web page. After/during that is opening, I want the user to enter a number which will be converted to whatever time unit batch uses and start a timer. Can they then close that window and have the timer still run? I would like for at the end of the timer for it to open another window and then end itself.

Thank you

* - b00st3d - Dec 18, 2015

(Dec 18, 2015 04:21 PM)Haskell Wrote: I want to make a script that will, on startup, open a web page. After/during that is opening, I want the user to enter a number which will be converted to whatever time unit batch uses and start a timer. Can they then close that window and have the timer still run? I would like for at the end of the timer for it to open another window and then end itself.

Thank you

This is possible. I don't know what window you want to open so I just have it re-opening cmd

Code 
@echo off

start www.google.com

call :InputBox "Enter a time to wait" "Time" 

echo CreateObject^("Wscript.Shell"^).Run """" ^& WScript.Arguments^(0^) ^& """", 0, False > invisible.vbs

(

echo @echo off

echo timeout /t %input%

echo start

echo exit

) >timer.bat

start invisible.vbs timer.bat

exit

REM Input routine for batch using VBScript to provide input box

REM Stephen Knight, October 2009, http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/

:InputBox

set input=

set heading=%~2

set message=%~1

echo wscript.echo inputbox(WScript.Arguments(0),WScript.Arguments(1)) >"%temp%\input.vbs"

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\input.vbs" "%message%" "%heading%"') do set input=%%a

exit /b

* - Nakamoto. - Dec 24, 2015

(Dec 18, 2015 05:06 PM)b00st3d Wrote: This is possible. I don't know what window you want to open so I just have it re-opening cmd

Code
@echo off start www.google.com call :InputBox "Enter a time to wait" "Time" echo CreateObject^("Wscript.Shell"^).Run """" ^& WScript.Arguments^(0^) ^& """", 0, False > invisible.vbs ( echo @echo off echo timeout /t %input% echo start echo exit ) >timer.bat start invisible.vbs timer.bat exit REM Input routine for batch using VBScript to provide input box REM Stephen Knight, October 2009, http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/ :InputBox set input= set heading=%~2 set message=%~1 echo wscript.echo inputbox(WScript.Arguments(0),WScript.Arguments(1)) >"%temp%\input.vbs" for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\input.vbs" "%message%" "%heading%"') do set input=%%a exit /b

batch can do this without the vbscript in it

Code 
@echo off

set /p time=Enter how long you want the window open: 

:main

    set ctime=%time%

    start yourwebsite.com

    call :time

goto main

:time

    timeout /t 1>nul

    set ctime-=1

    if %ctime%==0 (

        taskkill /IM yourbrowser.exe

        goto :eof

    )

goto time

* - b00st3d - Dec 24, 2015

(Dec 24, 2015 02:37 PM)RenRioku™ Wrote: batch can do this without the vbscript in it

agreed the vbscript in my example just made it fancy and run invisible.