Need Help

[AlexFing17]

hello I am totally new to autoIt. But i have a project to finish .
My group and I have to create program that will automate Task. We have to create a program
will functions like schedule pc to turn off at specific time, creates a folder and move files from
one for to it, delete a file from a specific, play all music in a folder. 
We are have all this functions coded. But the problem here is that.
The main program has to be a program that user will select what they want to be automated
and the click on generate to generate an exe file that would automate spefic functions that
was selected from the main program.
So if i should select functions like ( play music, shutdown after 4 hours, create folder and
move files from specific folder to it) from the main gui of the main program and then click on
generate. The main program has to generate an exe file with the select functions only.

How can i do that please. I really need help.
Thank you.

[Melba23]

AlexFing17,

Welcome to the AutoIt forums.

Wow - as a first task in AutoIt you have chosen a really difficult one! However, I can certainly confirm that it is not an impossible one,

You say that you have created the individual functions for each of the tasks - a great start. As I understand it you now need some form of GUI where the user can select which of these functions to run - I would suggest an array of Checkbox controls which you can read to indicate the functions required. That should not be too difficult to code - look at GUICtrlCreateCheckbox in the Help file to see how it is done.

But the production of an executable including the required functions is the tricky bit. I produced an example script some time ago which showed how you can do something like this by creating an .au3 script "on the fly" and then compiling it. Although not precisely what you are looking for, the script shows the various steps required and merits a close look to see how I managed to do it.

Have a go at producing something with your group and by all means come back if you run into problems.

M23

[Miloud]

I imagine that your full-of-functions script looks like this:

Func func1()
   ;....
EndFunc

Func func2()
   ;....
EndFunc
Func func3()
   ;....
EndFunc

Here is my suggestion:

1- copy your script to msWord

2- run command replace by pressing ctrl+h

3- write on find "endfunc^p^pfunc" and in replace "endfunc^pfunc" and run it several times.

4- write on find "endfunc^pfunc" and in replace "endfunc^p|^pfunc"

notice that the script should look like this:

Func func1()
   ;....
Endfunc
|
func func2()
   ;....
Endfunc
|
func func3()
   ;....
EndFunc

5- save it as "myFunctions.txt"

6- after building the gui as suggested by Melba23   , make a command to open "myFunctions.txt", split its contents with "|", and write the needed functions on an external file with autoit extension then run it.

You should consider that some of your functions require #include write an array of them.

[AlexFing17]

Thanks This was really Helpfull