python executing windows exe

[Kiran]

On Feb 1, 6:25 pm, "aspineux" <aspin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> First look if your .exe will accept to work that way !
> try in a DOS prompt
>
> > echo yourfilename | nec2d.exe
>
> or if the program expect more input, write them all in a file
> ( myinputs.txt ) and try :
>
> > nec2d.exe < myinputs.txt
>
> If it works looks for module subprocess and more precisely object
> subprocess.popen and method comunicate
>
> On 1 fév, 23:57, "Kiran" <Kiran.Ka... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >   I am making python run an executable using the os module.  Here is
> > my question.  The executable, once it is running, asks the user to
> > input a filename that it will process.  Now, my question is how do i
> > automate this.  let me make this clear, it is not an argument you pass
> > in when you type in the exe.  An example below illustrates:
>
> > THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU DO:
Hi everybody,
  What you guys said helped out a lot and I got it to do what I
wanted.

thanks!,
Kiran

> > nec2d.exe couple1.nec                         # couple1.nec is the
> > file you want to prcess
>
> > rather, what you do is in windows cmd:
>
> > nec2d.exe
> > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF*****
> > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF*****
> > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF*****
> > **** PROGRAM PRINTS OUT STUFF*****
> > Please enter input file:  <--------- THIS IS WHERE THE USER IS ASKED
> > TO TYPE IN THE FILENAME
>
> > everybody thanks for your help
> > -- Kiran