program output in tc pane

[larry]

Hello everybody,

I added a DOS program to the button bar and would like its output (a list with usernames) to be displayed in a pane.

Thanks for your help

[djk]

I don't think it's possible. Try to use TConsole plugin instead of it.

[Maxwish]

It would be interesting if we could make a buton and send a filename as parameter to Tconsole for execution. I will suggest this in the Tconsole thread.

[SanskritFritz]

I added a DOS program to the button bar and would like its output (a list with usernames) to be displayed in a pane.

If you are able to format the list to certain degree, you may able to format the output which is readable by the DiskDir plugin, redirect it to a .lst file, and it behaves like a packed file in a TC panel. DiskDir can read any list without problem, like:
-------
User1
User2
User3
-------

[larry]

I'll try the diskdir plugin... but actually I don't have much to say over the output the program generates... it's an old finger program which lists all user currently logged in under novell

[djk]

Isn't it enough just to type the userlist command (or the command you have) in TConsole window?

[SanskritFritz]

Yeah, what is the reason you want the list in a TC panel?

[larry]

to SanskritFritz: have you ever tried to browse and search a 300-items list in a tconsole window?!

[Unjoanqualsevol]

Well, maybe with Multiarc plugin it's posible, if the the program has some stable format output.

Use your program as a packer with Multiarc. Define a new addon for Multiarc (see Multiarc help) with the format of the output program. I think only list command is needed. Use some dummy extension for your 'packer', like .dummy.
Then when TC opens a .dummy file executes Multiarc, and Multiarc executes your program, and list the output to TC and finally Tc shows the items in panel.

Now, you can explore .dummy files as a compress file.

[djk]

to SanskritFritz: have you ever tried to browse and search a 300-items list in a tconsole window?!

No, I just have much smaller userlist