![]() The /v:on argument tells the command prompt to expand environment variables at execution time using the ! character as delimiter (instead of %).The Command we start in our task is cmd.exe.To test this, you can put the above line in a command prompt window and see the results. Let’s have a look at the command in more detail:Ĭmd.exe /v:on /c "set /p PWD=Password: & echo !PWD! & pause" For demonstration purposes I will create a command which prompts for input and then writes it to the console using the ECHO statement: Let’s assume a scenario where you need to establish a VPN tunnel with a VPN client but the password used in the VPN client command arguments is a dynamic, often changed pin code. While we are planning some advanced features around tasks and prompts in one of our next major releases, I just want to share a quick and effective way to implement prompts using out-of-the-box functionality in Windows. Values like session IDs or an often changed password/pin code which cannot really be stored in one of your objects because they change every minute or so (RSA SecureID tokens). Sometimes you need to pass in values which are “more dynamic”. This makes the use of tasks more powerful and flexible. Injecting Values from your Context Connectionsīy using replacement tokens you can easily access all configuration settings of the context connection, such as computer name/IP as mentioned above but also things you put in one of the Custom Fields, for example. To explore command tasks, open the help document from within Royal TS (press F1 or by using the Help ribbon tab) and read the Command Task topics. You can also use command tasks to be executed before you connect to a connection or after you disconnected from one by setting up the Connect Task and Disconnect Task configuration in the connection properties or the parent folder if you specified to use the settings inherited from the parent folder. You can use them in context of a connection to quickly execute a command like ping while using the computer name/IP address of the selected computer(s) using “replacement tokens”. Command tasks in Royal TS are very versatile and can be used for many different things.
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