return a value,passed by reference to teststand

[slair]

Hi eveyone...

i had a quick question am. i've created a script using autoit, in the which I would like to return an integer (actually 1 or 0) to teststand.

am not really sure how this works in autoit, this is my second day using it...i've been looking in the forums and in the help file, but am not 100% sure still.

usually in C I would do somehting like

Function(int *value)

{

value = 50/2;

}

Thanks

[water]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

Func _YourFunctionName()
    Return 50/2
EndFunc

Edited February 12, 2013 by water

[slair]

Thanks for the quick response...ill give that a try.

but am used to passing values to TestStand by reference, how would i do that?

all the functions I send TestStand are declared as void.

but that could work

[Shaggi]

You want to pass a parameter by reference?

Func ex(ByRef $in)
     $in = 50/2
EndFunc

[slair]

yeah

[slair]

.... i don't seem to be getting the value am attempting to send TestStand

[BrewManNH]

Post the script you're using.

[water]

When you talk about "TestStand" what is it? Another application?

[slair]

[autoit]

Global $c, $x,$pf

ShellExecute("file.pro","","C:FlashPro", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

Sleep(4000)

;MsgBox(0, "StringCompare Result (mode 2):", $x)

Call("tst","")

Sleep(1000)

ControlClick("FlashPro", "" , 3218) ;ok button

MsgBox(0, "StringCompare Result (mode 2):", $c)

Func tst (ByRef $x)

Local $sReady = ControlGetText("FlashPro" , "Ready", 59393) ;status bar

$x = StringCompare($sReady,"Ready", 2 )

;local $e

While $x <> 0

Local $sReady = ControlGetText("FlashPro" , "Ready", 59393)

$x = StringCompare($sReady,"Ready", 2 )

$c=$c + 1

If $c == 50 Then ExitLoop

WEnd

;Return $x

EndFunc

[autoit]

I call executable from teststand, to program a device, if successful return 0 to teststand....btw i think testand is expecting a string and not an integer to be returned, but am not sure but it was selected as default. i switch it to integer and TestStand returned an error.

Yes water TestStand is another application

[BrewManNH]

There's no reason to use ByRef here. You're not actually sending the function anything so I'm not surprised when it doesn't even run.

Perhaps this might be closer to what you're trying to achieve.

Global $c
ShellExecute("file.pro", "", "C:\FlashPro\", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
Sleep(4000)

;MsgBox(0, "StringCompare Result (mode 2):", $x)
$c = tst()
Sleep(1000)

ControlClick("FlashPro", "", 3218) ;ok button
MsgBox(0, "StringCompare Result (mode 2):", $c)

Func tst()
    Local $sReady = ControlGetText("FlashPro", "Ready", 59393) ;status bar
    $x = StringCompare($sReady, "Ready", 2) 
    While $x <> 0
        Local $sReady = ControlGetText("FlashPro", "Ready", 59393)
        $x = StringCompare($sReady, "Ready", 2)
        $c = $c + 1
        If $c = 50 Then ExitLoop ; btw this will execute in about 100 ms so not sure what it's purpose is.
     WEnd
     Return $x
EndFunc

NOTE: I didn't test this, I am only changing the way the function is accessed and the value returned.

[slair]

the function seems to be running fine...eitherway. ok so now I have my value in that $c variable, sooo how would would I send that $c to lets say another executable/program. or maybe send the location of where that value is stored

I mean can AutoIt do that?

i think I found a workaround, not with AutoIt. but I would like to preferably do it all with one pieace of code if possible

appreciate the help

-Thanks

Edited February 13, 2013 by slair

[water]

if you want to send the value to another GUI then use AutoIt WIndow Info Tool to get the ControlID. In your script you use function ControlSend to send the content of the variable to the control.

[BrewManNH]

the function seems to be running fine...eitherway.

That function wouldn't run the way you accessed it. You sent it "" which is not a variable or an array. As far as AutoIt is concerned you sent it a constant, which you can't do using byref.

ok so now I have my value in that $c variable, sooo how would would I send that $c to lets say another executable/program. or maybe send the location of where that value is stored

I'm not sure what you're trying to do with it, so I can't really answer that. You're all over the place in what you want to do with the return value.

[slair]

consolewrite() will work thx for the help

[slair]

btw what would be the most efficient way of implementing waits, while checking a gui till ready to continue the next step...the program am trying to atomate has some serious (at least two) long load times.

I

[JohnOne]

By observing what the characteristics of those waits are, and testing them.