Question
How can I create a simple popup messagebox from within a shutdown script?
Answer
<p><br />
<i><b>Q)</b>: How can I create a simple popup messagebox from within a shutdown script? </i></p>
<p><b>A)</b>: I found out that it is possible to do this:</p>
<pre>
exec cmd << "echo msgbox\"your message here\">a.vbs&a.vbs\n";
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<p><br />
...so, I've put the following code in my TCL-Shutdown script:</p>
<pre>
if {$FME_Status == "0"} {
exec cmd << "echo msgbox\"FME-workspace $FME_MacroValues
(WORKSPACE_NAME) failed!\">$FME_MacroValues(WORKSPACE_NAME).vbs&start /
WAIT $FME_MacroValues(WORKSPACE_NAME).vbs\n";
file delete $FME_MacroValues(WORKSPACE_NAME).vbs;
};
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<p><br />
Very useful when using WorkspaceRunner to run several workspaces in parallel.</p>