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Thank you I have it figured out now. May not be the best code but it works. #include <constants.au3> global $fname $fname="11-6-11" Run("c:program files3d3solutionsflexscan3d 3flexscan3d.exe interactive ","","",$STDIN_CHILD()+ $STDOUT_CHILD()) Global $PID = ProcessExists("Flexscan3d.exe") check_std() StdinWrite($PID,'scriptline set("Scanning_WidePhase_Enabled","True") n'&@CRLF) check_start() check_end() ;sleep(2000) StdinWrite($PID,"scriptline scan() n" &@CRLF) check_start() ;sleep(5000) check_end() StdinWrite($PID,"exit" &@CRLF) Func check_std() Local $line while 1 $line = StdoutRead($PID) if StringLen($line)> 8 then ExitLoop WEnd EndFunc Func check_start() Local $line2 while 1 $line2 = StdoutRead($PID) if StringLen($line2) > 10 then ExitLoop WEnd EndFunc Func check_end() Local $line2 while 1 $line2 = StdoutRead($PID) if StringLeft($line2, 8) = ">> :done" then ExitLoop WEnd EndFunc ; Finished!

My apologies for being relatively new at this. I did try the Stdoutread the best I could looking at the limited examples from the forum with not much success. There are not a lot of examples for it and my programming skills are unfortunately not very good. Appreciate any assistance or guidance. Thanks

I am launching an interactive session with an application using the run command. The application stays active till the exit command is given. I can see the responses from the application in the debug window but cannot figure out how to get that data into the code so that I can detect that the process has been completed. here is the code #include <constants.au3> global $fname $fname="11-6-11" Run("c:program files3d3solutionsflexscan3d 3flexscan3d.exe interactive ","","",$STDIN_CHILD()) sleep(10000) Global $PID = ProcessExists("Flexscan3d.exe") StdinWrite($PID,'scriptline set("Scanning_WidePhase_Enabled","True") n'&@CRLF) sleep(2000) StdinWrite($PID,"scriptline scan() n" &@CRLF) sleep(5000) StdinWrite($PID,"exit" &@CRLF) Here is the output: >Running:(3.3.8.1):C:Program Files (x86)AutoIt3autoit3.exe "C:UsersNew AdministratorDesktopscriptflexscan.au3" --> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop :interactive << scriptline set("Scanning_WidePhase_Enabled","True") n >> :done scriptline set("Scanning_WidePhase_Enabled","True") n << scriptline scan() n >> :done scriptline scan() n +>14:39:30 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:0 >Exit code: 0 Time: 18.978 Rather than use the sleep function and hope the process gets done in time, I would like to wait till the process is actually complete. Thanks

Thank you so much Junkew. It now works. There were 2 issues. First win7 user security stopped mach3 from loading. Second the class number as you suggested was different for my computer. Once I fixed them both it works. Thanks so much for your help.

I realy thank you for your effort. I must be doing something wrong. I compiled the script with console selected and ran it with mach3 open. It started dumping the tree to the console and appeared to dump data on bunch of the programs on my computer before it errorred out. Do I need to be doing something else besides compiling the script and running the exe? I added the latest files to the include directory. Sorry for the trouble Thanks

Hi Junkew, I get the following error when I run the script. Line 209 in UIAwrappers.au3 $obj.GetCurrentPropertyValue($Id,$tVal) $obj ^ Error Error Varibles must be of type object Sorry but this level of programming is above my skillset and I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or there is an error in the include file. I copied the attachements to the include directory and ran the script you sent. It did bring the mach3 window to the front but then stopped due to this error. Thanks Ravi

Thank you so much for your help. I will try it out this afternoon.

Sorry for harping on this topic but does anyone have any suggestions on how I should proceed or does it look like Mach3 cannot be automated with scripts? I did contact the company. They made a statement that Mach3 cannot be controlled by any other software without writing a plugin. Not sure I understand how they are blocking it but if nobody has any suggestions I will see if someone can write a plugin for me. Thanks

Thanks for installing Mach3. I will need to understand the link you provided to try what you did- I am very much a novice with this tool. Would you mind testing if you can get the script to work in Mach3? Just add a couple of lines of gcode in notepad as a text file eg: f600 g1 Z-2 g1 y-13.5 g1 z-14 g1 z-26 g1 z-38 g1 y-35 After loading the gcode just press alt-n to get it into step mode- one line at a time. Then when you press alt-r or the button you will see the code go to the next line. If you can get it to do that through your script file- wow that would be a solution to my problem. I have so far been unable to do it. Appreciate your help Thanks

Tried the controlsend with no success. I think the issue is that winactivate and winwaitactive are not working as they are returning errors even though the window shows active. Is it possible that Mach3 is somehow blocking any access to the window?

Thankyou for your responses. I tried the suggested code; ; wait for Mach3 to be active WinWaitActive("Mach3 CNC Demo","") ;Try control click to click cyclestart button ControlClick("Mach3 CNC Demo", "", "[CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:9]", "left", 1) It did not work either. I added an error check and it did flag an error after winactivate. @extended just shows 0 It also flagged an error with winwaitactive. it also flagged an error from the controlclick function which is probably because the window is not active but checking for it being active gives a positive result. Thanks

Output of window tool Window Mach3 CNC Demo Afx:00400000:b:00010007:00000006:05C90219 -8, -8 1419, 1147 0x15CF0000 0x00000100 0x00030748 Control with finder tool over button Static9 [CLASS:Static; INSTANCE:9] 8631 7, 7 1902, 1052 71, 594 0x54000000 0x00000000 0x00010C5C

Here is the code: ; make Mach3 active WinActivate("Mach3 CNC Demo","") ; Wait for the Mach3 to become active - WinWaitActive("Mach3 CNC Demo") ;try mouse click to initiate cycle start MouseClick("primary", 95, 587, 2) ;Try control click to click cyclestart button ControlClick ( "Mach3 CNC Demo", "",8631) ; try sending ctrl r to cycle start Send("!r") ; Check if Mach3 window is active Local $state = WinGetState("Mach3 CNC Demo", "") ; Is the "active" value set? If BitAND($state, 8) Then MsgBox(0, "Example", "Window is Active") EndIf ; Finished! ; Tried each method individually and all together with no result ;Have gcode loaded in mach3 window and can see if the cycle advances ;ctrl r on keyboard or clicking the button advances gcode ;Oddly if window is minimised it does not bring it up but says it is active

I am trying to automate Mach3 software (cnc controller).http://www.machsupport.com/software/mach3/ I can get the window to be active but cannot get the send or control click or mouseclick to do anything in the software. It looks like the software is somehow blocking it. Is there some way around this?