Getting network connection names

[ACalcutt]

i am trying to get network connection names so i can use netsh to change ip addreses

i found out the command "netsh inter ip show address"

will give a list of connections. but i dont know how to get the results of a dos command into a string that i can use

Edited December 5, 2005 by ACalcutt

[Shibuya]

I remember seeing something from beta that can read console output

OK, found it

here

Edited December 5, 2005 by Shibuya

[ACalcutt]

i will look at that....for a quick fix i did

#Include <process.au3>

Dim $line = 4

_RunDOS("netsh inter show interface > c:\connections.txt")

While 1

$text = FileReadLine("c:\connections.txt", $line)

If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop

If StringinStr($text, "Dedicated") Then MsgBox(0, "", StringTrimLeft($text, 47))

$line = $line + 1

WEnd

Edited December 7, 2005 by ACalcutt

[Buffo]

In the registry the names of network connections are stored under this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

This contains subkeys with {CLSID}\Connection

In this you will find the key "Name". It contains the connection name.

You can read it out and display like this:

Dim $i, $base, $key, $name

$base = "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Do 
    $i = $i + 1
    $key = RegEnumKey($base, $i)
    $name = RegRead($base & $key & "\Connection", "Name")
    If StringLeft($key, 1) = "{" Then MsgBox(0, "Connection " & $i, $name)
Until $key = ""

Regards,

Buffo

[Greenseed]

the second solution is: look in the help of autoit

Read in a number of characters from the STDOUT stream of a previously run child process.

StdoutRead ( process_id[, count[, peek = false]] )

and check also related command! to see more use!

with this you can send any key to a cmd console or another process even if the windows is blind! and you can retrive data too.

and the other option is to look in the registry!

check this out! :

it will retrive all interface and say is name! this is a batch script. you can rewrite it easy in autoit!

the script tel you all key reg to be used for that and what key mean!

hope this help! bye bye!

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How do I retrieve an interface {GUID}?

In order to be able to accommodate multiple network adapters, many networking settings are located in the registry under an interface {GUID} (Globally Unique IDentifier), such as:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{GUID}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PSched\Parameters\Adapters\{GUID}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\{GUID}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\{GUID}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{GUID}\Parameters\Tcpip.
I have scripted InterfaceGUID.bat to retrieve the {GUID} based upon a connection name that you specify, such as Local Area Connection.
The syntax for using InterfaceGUID.bat is:

Call InterfaceGUID Name GUID

Where Name is the connection name, and GUID is a call directed environment variable that will contain the {GUID}, or none if the connection name cannot be found.

NOTE: InterfaceGUID.bat uses REG.EXE built into Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and newer, or from the Windows 2000 Support Tools.

InterfaceGUID.bat contains:

@echo off
if {%2}=={} @echo Syntax InterfaceGUID Name GUID&goto :EOF
setlocal
set name=%1
set GUID=none
set key="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"
for /f "Tokens=*" %%i in ('reg query %key% /s^|Findstr /I /L /C:"}\Connection"') do (
 call :fndname "%%i"
)
endlocal&set %2=%GUID%
goto :EOF
:fndname
set conkey=%1
set conkey=%conkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE=HKLM%
for /f "Tokens=1,2*" %%a in ('reg query %conkey% /v Name^|findstr /I /L /C:%name%') do (
 call :setGUID
)
goto :EOF
:setGUID
set GUID=%conkey:"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\=%
set GUID=%GUID:\Connection"=%

this code come from www.jsiinc.com very nice useful stuff about reg in windows! the better! we learn than in the course for MCSE hehe

[ACalcutt]

Thanks for the help

i used the registry script from buffo

just a minor fix is... "$base & $key" should be "$base & "\" & $key"

"$name = RegRead($base & "\" & $key & "\Connection", "Name")"

I posted the script i made here

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18760

Edited December 7, 2005 by ACalcutt