About (running) limitations

[Deye]

Hi there

I need an idea concerning a custom way to to run a script from scite

1.*  So I'd start the script with a few more udfs in the path
* When the script starts I will want to copy @ScriptFullPath to the temp\@ScriptName
Then straight away exit|run temp\@ScriptName without the need copy all needed includes to the temp\ path

2. Perhaps away so that the main script file won't stay open in scite (as " file is open") so that (just for instace) i will be able  to write something in to it

Any idea @solving either limitations
 

[faustf]

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[careca]

What a mess, the only way to run a script from anywhere where the includes (udf's) are not present, is to change the script in the includes path to include the path where said udf's are. Meaning, you could create a script that creates a new file, very similar to the original script, with the correct includes paths, and then maybe create a batch file that starts the temp script, and then you can close the running script.

What a mess.

[Nine]

16 minutes ago, careca said:

the only way to run a script from anywhere where the includes (udf's) are not present, is to change the script in the includes path to include the path where said udf's are.

Not exactly. There is a special registry value that can be created at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AutoIt v3\AutoIt" called "Include". It should be a REG_SZ (string) value. The contents of this value are a semi-colon delimited list of directories that should be searched for files when resolving #include's in addition to the standard locations.

[careca]

Ah, nice, didn't know about that.

[Jos]

11 minutes ago, Nine said:

The contents of this value are a semi-colon delimited list of directories that should be searched for files

...which can also be reviewed and modified in SciTEConfig.  

[Nine]

19 minutes ago, Jos said:

...which can also be reviewed and modified in SciTEConfig.

...or change at runtime before the #include are performed, based on an .ini file  

[Jos]

mmm ... but then you do have re-shell the same script or else it won't do anything.  

[Deye]

@First I thought tried something that seemed to have worked

So now whats with this :

#include "test.au3" ;if "test.au3" doesnt exist first run this With this line commented Then remember To uncomment For the test

If @ScriptDir = @TempDir Then Exit MsgBox("", "", @TempDir)

$f = "test.au3"
FileOpen($f, 2)
FileClose($f)

FileCopy(@ScriptName, @TempDir)

Local $address = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3"
Local $s = RegRead($address, "Include")
If @error Then
    RegWrite($address, "Include", "REG_SZ", @ScriptDir & ";")
Else
    If Not StringInStr($s, @ScriptDir) Then
        $s &= @ScriptDir & ";"
        RegWrite($address, "Include", "REG_SZ", $s)
    EndIf
EndIf
MsgBox(0, $address, "Include = " & @CRLF & $s)

Exit Run(FileGetShortName(@AutoItExe) & " " & FileGetShortName(@TempDir & "\" & @ScriptName), "", @SW_HIDE)

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Deye

[Nine]

...I see.  Not so much of a good idea then...

But with a first script that sets the registry and then runs another script with #include like @Deye proposed, it is working perfect...

Edited April 21, 2020 by Nine

[Deye]

didn't yet test to much,

the script that needs to start from @TempDir  errors : can't open include file "test.au3".

@Nine how did you make it work then ..

[Nine]

I didn't make any fancy stuff (just a POC).  I manually delete the registry key value before starting the first script, and it working fine.  If I run the second script alone (after deleting the registry key) it doesn't work stating that the includes doesn't exist. 

First script :

RegWrite ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AutoIt v3\AutoIt","include","REG_SZ", "C:\Apps\AutoIt\BlockInput")
Exit Run (@AutoItExe & " /AutoIt3ExecuteScript Test.au3")

Second script :

#include <BlockInputEx.au3>

_BlockInput ($BI_DISABLE)
Sleep (10000)
_BlockInput ($BI_ENABLE)

If you want to run this, look inside my sig for that UDF.

[Deye]

not sure what happened i started off a fresh and it suddenly worked ..

[Nine]

Maybe your registry key got corrupted in some way...

[Deye]

And Again everything stopped working even the example above will throw that same error 

A very similar to my main script environment,  Will this example still run for you:

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#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
#include "Test_Tuner_.au3" ;if "Test_Tuner_.au3" doesnt exist first run this With this line commented Then remember To uncomment For the test

If @ScriptDir = @TempDir Then Exit MsgBox("", "", @TempDir)

Local $sInclude = '' _
         & '#include-once' _
         & @LF & '#include <StaticConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <WindowsConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <GUIConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <EditConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <WinAPISysWin.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <ProgressConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <AVIConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <TreeViewConstants.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <GuiComboBox.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <WinAPIDlg.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <File.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <GuiMenu.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <Misc.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <String.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <Date.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <WinAPIGdi.au3>' _
         & @LF & '#include <GuiTab.au3>' ;_
;~       & @LF & '#include "ColorChooser.au3"' _
;~       & @LF & '#include "FontSelect.au3"'


$f = "Test_Tuner_.au3"
If Not FileExists($f) Then
    $h = FileOpen($f, 2)
    FileWrite($h, $sInclude)
    FileClose($f)
EndIf

FileCopy(@ScriptName, @TempDir, 1)
If _WinAPI_FileInUse(@TempDir & "\" & @ScriptName) Then Exit MsgBox("", "", "the file " & @TempDir & "\" & @ScriptName & @CRLF & " is open cannot continue the test")
If _WinAPI_FileInUse($f) Then Exit MsgBox("", "", "the file " & $f & @CRLF & " is open cannot continue the test")


Local $address = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3"
Local $s = RegRead($address, "Include")

If @error Then
    RegWrite($address, "Include", "REG_SZ", @ScriptDir & ";")
    $s = @ScriptDir & ";"
Else
    If Not StringInStr($s, @ScriptDir) Then
        $s &= @ScriptDir & ";"
        RegWrite($address, "Include", "REG_SZ", $s)
    EndIf
EndIf
MsgBox(0, $address, "Include = " & $s)

Exit Run(FileGetShortName(@AutoItExe) & " " & FileGetShortName(@TempDir & "\" & @ScriptName), "", @SW_HIDE)


;~ AutoIt Error
;~ ---------------------------
;~ Line 2  (File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\About_running_limitations.au3"):

;~ #include "Test_Tuner_.au3"

;~ Error: Error opening the file.

 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Deye

[Nine]

Didn't test it but there a bug in those 3 lines :

Local $s = RegRead($address, "Include")
MsgBox(0, $address, "Include = " & @CRLF & $s)
If @error Then

MsgBox will erase the @error, could that be the problem ?

[Deye]

fixed that in my above post

added case scenario to  deal with a problem if files happen to be as opened anywhere + the error msg to the end

Edited April 21, 2020 by Deye

[Nine]

Well, I did not test your script cause I do not understand the underlying goals.  When testing simple code that cleans and rewrites the registry 100 times. Got no problem.  IDK you way want to rethink your approach.

[Deye]

@just leaving it here, its still be interesting  to know what is the underlining cause that make this tweak stop working  at any time

I needed this to work with guictrltuner_limitlessau3 where one copy of the script needs run from @tempDir another from @scriptDir &"\saveprogress" dir not together

running with this configuration somehow messes up the tweak so that even the simple example won't work any more