Program closes even regardless of WinWait

[DanielRossinsky]

Hello! I'm a new member on the forum and pretty new to AutoIt.

As a part of my learning i decided to implement an automated installer for python and ran into quite an odd problem - The script tries to close the installer before its finished!

#RequireAdmin

Func InstallPython()
    Local Const $sInstallerPath = @ScriptDir & "\python.exe"
    
    Run($sInstallerPath)
    
    Local $hWnd = WinWait("Python 3.8.3 (32-bit) Setup")
    ControlCommand($hWnd, "Add &Python 3.8 to PATH", 266, "Check")
    ControlClick($hWnd, "&Install Now", 1026)
    WinWait($hWnd, "Setup was successful")
    
    WinClose($hWnd) ;For some odd reason this gets called before WinWait finishes
EndFunc   ;==>InstallPython

InstallPython()

I've tried other functions like ControlClick on the close button however i get the same result prompting me if i want to cancel the installation behaving as if WinWait is not even there. Heck, I even tried text other than "Setup was successful" using the AutoIt tool and still same result.

However, what i did notice is if i remove WinClose than it fixes it partly because we are still stuck with a window we need to close by hand when the goal is to automate the process...

Any ideas as to what the problem can be ?

[Danp2]

From here --

Quote

When you use a window handle for the title parameter then the text parameter is completely ignored.

So drop the use of the handle if you want to use the text parameter.

[DanielRossinsky]

Wow I cant believe i missed that! I feel so dumb for it... I'd like to ask you 2 questions if you have the time:

1.  Does this apply to any function with a text parameter ? (From what I understood it does but just want to make sure)
2.  Is there a more elegant way to achieve the same result ? like a silent install which closes the installer automatically upon finish ?

[Danp2]

I believe that Python offers a silent install option. See https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#installing-without-ui

[careca]

Did you search for the installer switches?

I tried python-3.8.3.exe /s and it worked, completely silent.

Also, i called the setup with /?

and got this list of switches that can be used.