DllCall confusion

[Noviceatthis]

Hello all,

$open = DllOpen("Shell32.dll")
DllCall($open , "int" , "ShellExecuteW" , _
        "HWND" , "NONE" , _
        "wstr" , "open", _
        "wstr" , *filepath* , _
        "wstr" , "NONE" , _
        "wstr" , "NONE" , _
        "int" , "1")
DllClose($open)

So I've been tinkering with the code above, and for the most part it works, however, when the filepath leads to an au3 script, it doesnt run the script, it instead opens it in scite editor. Of course when I compile the script this is no longer a problem. 

I was just wondering why this happens when the script is not compiled.

Thanks in advance

[MikahS]

It's because when you ran the SciTE installer you set it to edit scripts instead of run them.

Edited September 17, 2014 by MikahS

[jdelaney]

You can modify that here:

C:Program Files (x86)AutoIt3SciTESciTEConfigSciteConfig.exe

[Noviceatthis]

@MikahS & @jdelaney

Thanks for the speedy replies

Yeah, thats what I thought, but the default action for .au3 files under Scite config is set to Run :

Edited September 17, 2014 by Noviceatthis

[JohnOne]

.au3 is associated with scite is why, don'r have help file handy to see id shellexecute can change verb, but look into it.

[Noviceatthis]

Thanks JohnOne, i will look into it

[funkey]

Use this:

Global $open = DllOpen("Shell32.dll")
DllCall($open , "int" , "ShellExecuteW" , _
        "HWND" , 0, _
        "ptr" , 0, _    ;use default verb
        "wstr" , "Test.au3" , _
        "ptr" , 0, _
        "ptr" , 0, _
        "int" , 1)
DllClose($open)

Edit: Or this:

Global $open = DllOpen("Shell32.dll")
DllCall($open , "int" , "ShellExecuteW" , _
        "HWND" , 0 , _
        "wstr" , "Run", _
        "wstr" , "Test.au3" , _
        "ptr" , 0, _
        "ptr" , 0, _
        "int" , 1)
DllClose($open)

Edited September 17, 2014 by funkey

[Noviceatthis]

Thank you funkey, works perfectly

[funkey]

Thank you funkey, works perfectly

You are welcome, but why not use inbuild ShellExecute() function?

[Noviceatthis]

@funkey

Well I was just practising the DllCall function, still trying to get to grips with these Dll functions.