[vbox-dev] Automate running a software

[Mansour Ahmadi]

Dear Darshan,

Thanks for your answer. for running batch script, I also need
IConsole::IGuest.executeProcess() that Alexey helped me for this API.
Thank you again.


On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:10 AM, K M Darshan <divyadarshankm at yahoo.com>wrote:

> You can also use batch scripts to start the API monitor when the virtual
> machine starts.
>
> Sent from my phone
>
> On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Mansour Ahmadi <mansourweb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Alexey,
>
> Thanks a lot for your nice information. It is so helpful.
> I'll check it and inform you the result :-)
> Thanks again.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Alexey Eromenko <al4321 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 1. running exe from host on guest is possible via "Guest Control Execute".
>>
>> 1.a. copy the exe via shared folders.
>>
>> 1.b. run it
>> IConsole::IGuest.executeProcess()
>>
>> Example in python:
>> console.guest.executeProcess(command.split()[0], flags,
>> command.split()[1:], env, self.guestcontrol_user,
>> self.guestcontrol_password, timeout*1000)
>>
>> 2. monitor:
>> VirtualBox has built-in statistics for many metrics.
>>
>> IConsole::IDebugger.getStats()
>>
>> Example in python:
>> self.statBytesReceived =
>> self.console.debugger.getStats("*%s/ReceiveBytes"  % str(int(vnic)-1),
>> False).splitlines()[2].split("=")[1].split('"')[1]
>> self.statBytesSent     =
>> self.console.debugger.getStats("*%s/TransmitBytes" % str(int(vnic)-1),
>> False).splitlines()[2].split("=")[1].split('"')[1]
>>
>> 3. Screenshots -- work in action:
>> http://forum.gns3.net/topic3262.html
>>
>> First screenshot shows a 3rd party program getting information from
>> guest OS (such as network statistics and IP addresses)
>> 2nd screenshot shows a 3rd party program *sending* a command from host
>> OS to guest OS.
>>
>> --
>> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
>>
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