Manasvini Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Have setup few autoit scripts on a machine for performing certain routine tasks. This machine is intended only for this purpose (i.e) it doesn't require any human intervention. So we are not allocating a monitor to this CPU. There's just the CPU on LAN and anytime anything has to be done on the PC it is taken via RDP. Autoit script was coded via RDP :-) So would like to know if the autoit functions like MouseGetPos etc would work without an active monitor attached to the CPU. This might have been asked before but unfortunately I have not stumbled across an answer in my searches so far. So please bear with me and answer or redirect me to any other info links. Thanks in Advance. Vincor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted December 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2014 Um, have you tried it? Write a small script get moves the mouse to a certain position and then writes MouseGetPos to a file. Run it with a monitor attached, and then unplug the monitor and run again. You'll have your answer Xandy 1 "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manasvini Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 We did try it. We found that it is not working when the monitor is not attached. (It may also have failed due to various other variables) However while we have the monitor attached it works, at least we can see the script doing what it is supposed to do when the monitor is attached. Without the monitor we were clueless. From our logging we found that it was stalling at a point where it was trying to get Mouse position to click on something. Hence we were wondering if the monitor is a must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mLipok Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Do not log of from Windows and do not lock win terminal session. Session must be active. Manasvini 1 Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Spoiler Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowmore Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 It will work fine with no monitor connected, only a working video card is necessary. Even function such as get pixel color will work without a monitor. As mLipok says your problem is that a user is not logged on to the PC or the PC is locked. For a script that relies on mouse clicks and therefore widows being active, you will have to turn off screen saver and automatic PC locking after a certain period. Manasvini 1 "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning."- Rick Cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manasvini Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Thanks mLipok and Bowmore. The PC indeed gets locked while closing out of the RDP session. I think that's the reason why the Mouse position based code won't work. Fixing all the points mentioned. Thanks once again. I will update here once we get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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