Where to begin?

[onlineth]

in every _GUI function in AutoIt you will see something like this

    While 1

        $GUIMsg = GUIGetMsg()

        Switch $GUIMsg

            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

                ExitLoop

        EndSwitch

    WEnd

that is needed to be able to close the window when clicking on the red X in the corner.

Also, I don't know about others, but I think you should post your code in this forum, not on another where things need to be downloaded, etc.

Sorry, here is my code,

run("notepad.exe")

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

Send("This is some text." & @CRLF & "This is on a new line!")

WinClose("Untitled - Notepad")

WinWaitActive("Notepad")

Send("!n")

Again this script works great until I compile it to an exe and then it starts to have problems

[BrewManNH]

in every _GUI function in AutoIt you will see something like this

    While 1

        $GUIMsg = GUIGetMsg()

        Switch $GUIMsg

            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

                ExitLoop

        EndSwitch

    WEnd

that is needed to be able to close the window when clicking on the red X in the corner.

Also, I don't know about others, but I think you should post your code in this forum, not on another where things need to be downloaded, etc.

That's only true if you're not using the AutoIt option OnEventMode set to 1, so it's not EVERY GUI function, just most of them.

[TechCoder]

Sorry, here is my code,

run("notepad.exe")

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

Send("This is some text." & @CRLF & "This is on a new line!")

WinClose("Untitled - Notepad")

WinWaitActive("Notepad")

Send("!n")

Again this script works great until I compile it to an exe and then it starts to have problems

EDIT: (I tried the code - it works like 

JLogan3o13 

says. - even complied)

Edited January 14, 2014 by TechCoder

[JLogan3o13]

onlinethlive, what version of AutoIt are you using? I confirmed the code, as you have it written, will create duplicates of itself under 3.3.8.1. It does not exhibit this behavior under the latest version, however.

[TechCoder]

That's only true if you're not using the AutoIt option OnEventMode set to 1, so it's not EVERY GUI function, just most of them.

thanks for the correction on that.  I'm pretty new to AutoIt and only used the 'most' option so far, though I read about the OnEventMode and will, one day, mess around with it to see how it works (my latest project is rather large - porting over a package of tools from .php to run on a local machine with GUI, etc...) and OnEventMode looks like it may be a good choice for my programming style, though trying to learn the basics right now.

[onlineth]

onlinethlive, what version of AutoIt are you using? I confirmed the code, as you have it written, will create duplicates of itself under 3.3.8.1. It does not exhibit this behavior under the latest version, however.

I am using the newest version, does anyone get the problem that I get, it could be my computer, does anyone have any suggestioins?

[michaelslamet]

I am using the newest version, does anyone get the problem that I get, it could be my computer, does anyone have any suggestioins?

 

Are you save the compiled script as "notepad.exe" ?

Try to save it as another name

[onlineth]

Are you save the compiled script as "notepad.exe" ?

Try to save it as another name

It worked, you have solved my problem, thank you so much!

[michaelslamet]

It worked, you have solved my problem, thank you so much!

 

You're welcome

[JLogan3o13]

LMAO Totally missed it, great catch michaelslamet.

[onlineth]

ok, I have another question, I want to send a script to cmd to execute but I don't want to see the cmd window

This is the script I want to send to cmd-
Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F

This is the autoit stuff i made-

run("cmd.exe")
WinWaitActive("{ENTER}")
Send("Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F")
Send("{ENTER}")

Thanks for your help, onlinethlive

[TechCoder]

I believe this is better suited to what you want to do......

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ProcessClose.htm

[michaelslamet]

ok, I have another question, I want to send a script to cmd to execute but I don't want to see the cmd window

This is the script I want to send to cmd-

Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F

This is the autoit stuff i made-

run("cmd.exe")

WinWaitActive("{ENTER}")

Send("Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F")

Send("{ENTER}")

Thanks for your help, onlinethlive

 

Try this:

Run("Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

[michaelslamet]

LMAO Totally missed it, great catch michaelslamet.

 

I know this because I've seen many time Melba's replying this kind of topic (infinite loop that caused by the compiled script name)

[onlineth]

I believe this is better suited to what you want to do......

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ProcessClose.htm

ok, I see that this works for other windows or processes but for windows explorer it keeps restarting, is there a way around this?

[onlineth]

 

Try this:

Run("Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

Thank you again, you have solved this problem too:)

[onlineth]

I'm trying to learn more about CMD. Where is a good beginners guide for CMD?

[TechCoder]

I used to have a bookmark for dos command prompt commands, though can't seem to find it - haven't used it in a long ( L O N G ) time......

but a quick search on Google came up with dozens of 'how to' links.  first one I looked at seems about as 'standard' as any (you really should try those searches - loads of great data and by reading several sites, you will always get your own 'best' knowledge - some sites may have wrong or missing data, but you hit 4-5 of them and you will find the 'common thread' of information.  Doing a bit of reading on each site will get you tons of knowledge fast.  And, you may find one that just happens to have a new command you never saw (though DOS has been out so long with no changes it is very well documented) - that is how I learned to program php years ago - and still constantly search for various ways to do things.

want more direct info?  then formulate an idea of what you want to achieve (not just 'learn about CMD' - that is very vague....) - then ask yourself a question about getting it done.  put that question in the search engine - you will be amazed......

[michaelslamet]

ss64.com

[JLogan3o13]

I prefer this one, straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. Goes up through Windows 8 and Server 2012.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754340.aspx