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Hello,

I am trying to get witpchk program found in the TOOLS folder to work. When I double click it, nothing happens. It doesn't open a window, launch, or do anything. The readme states:

To run the program:
witpchkAE.exe /d <location of scenario base> /s <scenario number> /i [use default directory]

Example:
To check scenario number 26 in the default directory, run witpchkAE.exe /i /s 26.


However, I don't even get to the point where I can do this. Does anyone know how to make this work?

You need to run the tool in the DOS Command Prompt.

Push the Window key and the r key at the same time to open the "Execute" panel, then type "cmd" to open the DOS Command Prompt.

There you can run the DOS command line witpchkAE.exe /d <location of scenario base> /s <scenario number> /i [use default directory]

If you know how to do so and if you were to use it frequently, you might want to build a batch file to run this and any other DOS program with just one click. It may even be set up to ask for the save or other information needed.

LargeSlowTarget wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:44 pm You need to run the tool in the DOS Command Prompt.

Push the Window key and the r key at the same time to open the "Execute" panel, then type "cmd" to open the DOS Command Prompt.

There you can run the DOS command line witpchkAE.exe /d <location of scenario base> /s <scenario number> /i [use default directory]

I don't know much about using the cmd prompts, could you type out an example line to show me how to format the text I need to type?

Batch files are simply text files with a different extension (.bat) that allows windows to interprept what is in them as commands. To create one from scratch:-
Create a raw txt file with notepad.
Rename it *.bat. Windows will complain you are changing the extension. Ignore it.
Right click on it and edit the contents as if it was a txt file.

This what you want?
First copy witpchk.exe into your scenario folder. This will save faffing with /d or /i switches.
Copy the attached text file witpchkAE.txt to anywhere and then rename it witpchkAE.bat.
Run it. The output of scenario s001 will be displayed in a cmd box.

Notes
You will need to edit the bat file for your scenario. To do so just change s001 to s###.
Any line beginning with rem are remarks telling you what the command above that line does