I am trying to construct a command line such that:

if emacs is running the client asks the server to raise-frame else it
calls runemacs.

The command line Ive given is:
$ emacsclient -a runemacs -e "(raise-frame)"

But this opens a file (or buffer) called '(raise-frame)' !!

Of course just
$ emacsclient -e "(raise-frame)"

raises the emacs frame alright but fails for the case of no server.

Another minor point:
When emacsclient is used with the -a option and there is no server
running it pops up a window saying ERROR No error !!
I guess this is an error (in emacsclient) :-)

Starting from the vbs file on the emacswiki Ive constructed my own
launch-emacs as below but I dont like the loop and the sql and all the
heavy stuff, hence this attempt.

Rustom Mody wrote:

On Sep 11, 10:45 pm, Oleksandr Gavenko gmail.com> wrote:

rustom wrote:

Yea, I forget what you wont. Understanding emacsclient I start from
emacs-wiki, but I newbie in VB and do not wont learn complex technology,
so stay at bat file.

VB scripting supporting in all Windows OSes?