Make Script Run Indefinitely?

[JohnCleese]

Hello,

Can somebody give me some insight on how to keep my script running continuously.

E.g, I have some hotkeys set to perform bat commands.

But I don't want it to automatically close after they are performed.

Edit: Actually they don't even run because they are all functions and get skipped over.

So the script closes almost instantly.

Edited August 13, 2009 by JohnCleese

[omikron48]

Just put this in the last few lines of your script, or at the last part of whatever is the main part of the script:

While(1)
WEnd

or this: (will make you script run for a day, 24 hours)

Sleep(86400000)

[JohnCleese]

Just put this in the last few lines of your script, or at the last part of whatever is the main part of the script:

While(1)
WEnd

This seems to be working well, but I don't know if it will break as I add more.

Anyways, thank you very much this seems to be just what I needed. >_<

[omikron48]

Just make sure either that sleep or while loop is the last thing to execute in your script. If you want to add something, do it before that, otherwise it will not execute since the parser will not pass through past the while loop or sleep.

[cal]

A lot of my scripts are to add functions to other programs.

The following is my template in these cases.

I use the script instead of calling the program directly and have the script call it. I then add whatever hotkeys and other stuff to watch for in the script. This also exits the script after the program closes.

BTW. I've always put a sleep in there with the while statement. I don't know if that's needed or not. I've always assumed that a sleep line would use less processing power then always checking a while statement that can never change.

also always make sure you have some way of exiting the script. Either my method here or hotkey. Unless of course the intention is to always run as long as the computer is on. I have a couple that do that too.

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; -----  run some program  
If Not WinExists(' program win title ') Then
    Run('program path exe', '')
    WinWaitActive('prog name')
    Sleep(2000)

Else
    WinSetState('program ', '', @SW_SHOW)   ; if in tray, this will make it show.
    WinActivate('program ', '')             ; I've got some apss that need this too to come into focus.

EndIf
are_we_done('exe of program that shows in tskmgr', 5)                ; exe of prog, timeout in sec


; setup whatever else you need to interact with the program.



; at end of script.
While 1
    Sleep(30000)
WEnd




; watch for program close.
Func are_we_done($process_name2,$timout_value)
    Global $process_name = ''
    $process_name = $process_name2
    AdlibEnable("are_we_done_2", $timout_value * 1000)
EndFunc   ;==>are_we_done

Func are_we_done_2()
    $pid = ProcessExists($process_name)
    If $pid == 0 Then Exit
EndFunc

[omikron48]

Yeah. You should insert a Sleep there in between my While(1) loop, to skimp on unnecessary processing by your script.

Personally, I just use a long Sleep command as my main executing script when I want to make a HotKey script that I want to stick around for a while.

Edited August 14, 2009 by omikron48

[Valuater]

Remember guys, if you are waiting for an input with GUIGetMsg() it will not work correctly. Also when using GUIGetMsg() there is no sleep() needed.

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