Here’s another user submitted example, this time showing one way of using CmdTwain in a batch file …
Greg,
Thank you! This reply was so much better than I could have ever hoped for!
I’ve written a little batch script to launch CmdTwain in the way I want – had a couple of kinks, and I’m fairly sure there must be better ways of doing some of the things, but I’m quite pleased with the fact that it works! I have included it – you are welcome to use, modify, redistribute, etc. (I hope to see it included with the next release of CMDTwain ;-))
Cheers,
Dave
www.tamingit.com
@echo on title Launching Scanner rem � Taming IT 2008 set res=200 rem sets scan resolution - Default = 200 rem Brother MFC-7420 supports up to 1200 set out=JPG75 rem sets file type/compression - Default = JPG75 rem Options: BMP, JPG25, JPG50, JPG75, and JPG100 set dir=D:\NCH\Scanned Docs\ rem directory to place scanned files. needs final \ set cmdtwain=c:\Program Files\GssSoftware\CmdTwain\cmdtwain.exe rem path to cmdtwain set scancount=c:\Program Files\GssSoftware\CmdTwain\scancount.dat rem path to scancount.dat set errdest=localhost rem destination for errors sent using net send if not exist "%scancount%" ( echo 1 > "%scancount%" attrib +R +S +H "%scancount%" ) rem creates and secures scancount.dat if it doesn't exist for /F "tokens=*" %%i in (%scancount%) do set fid=%%i rem gets file id number from scancount.dat echo Resolution = %res% echo Format = %out% echo Save Directory = %dir% echo File Count = %fid% if exist "%dir%00000%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( if exist "%dir%0000%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( if exist "%dir%000%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( if exist "%dir%00%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( if exist "%dir%0%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( if exist "%dir%%fid%.jpg" goto reset else ( goto callct )))))) :reset net send %errdest% Please call Dave re scanner failure - 07958 006519 - Please Quote --File Exists-- echo File already exists goto end rem errors and closes if destination file already exists :callct if /i %fid% LEQ 9 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%00000%fid%.jpg else ( if /i %fid% LEQ 99 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%0000%fid%.jpg else ( if /i %fid% LEQ 999 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%000%fid%.jpg else ( if /i %fid% LEQ 9999 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%00%fid%.jpg else ( if /i %fid% LEQ 99999 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%0%fid%.jpg else ( if /i %fid% LEQ 999999 %cmdtwain% /DPI=%res% /%out% %dir%%fid%.jpg else ( net send %errdest% Please call Dave re scanner failure - 07958 006519 - Please Quote --Number too big-- echo Number too big goto end )))))) rem calls cmdtwain and passes file name. errors and closes if %fid% > 999999. set /a fid=fid+1 attrib -R -S -H "%scancount%" echo %fid% > "%scancount%" attrib +R +S +H "%scancount%" rem increments file id and moves back into scancount.dat :end pause
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