Pass variables from AutoITX C# to au3 script.

[Paulliev]

Hello,

I have a question. I am making a Windows Form application with C#. I want to automate Chrome, I found out that it won't work properly with AutoITX. So I created a custom AutoIT script and I run it in my C# code. I want to give variables from my C# code to my normal AutoIT and use them there, is that possible? I tried copying a variable to my clipboard in C# and get it in my script, but I don't know how to copy the next variable to my clipboard. See below the code from my C# application.

  private static void AutoItTicket(Ticket ticket1)
        {
            #region Alle variabelen naar notepad exporteren
            
            Clipboard.SetText(ticket1.GetContactPersoon());
            AutoItX.Run(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe /AutoIt3ExecuteScript setCompany.au3",@"C:\TicketScripts\", 1);
            //Clipboard.SetText(ticket1.GetProbleemOmschrijving());

            #endregion
        }

 

[Nine]

Look help file under "Using AutoIt" and "Command Line Parameters",  especially the part about  $CmdLine.

[Paulliev]

@Nine Thanks for your answer and sorry for my late reply.

I don't get it working. I need to pass C# variables to my au3 script, but I don't know the syntax. See the code below. for example I want to add $test to the au3 file, how does that look like?

$test = "Dynamic variable"

; Pass $test variable to the setCompany.au3
AutoItX.Run(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe, /AutoIt3ExecuteScript setCompany.au3", @"C:\TicketScripts\", 1);

Thanks in advance!

[Nine]

I do not have C#, but I will show you with AutoIt :

Example2()

Func Example2()
  Local $oAutoIt = ObjCreate("AutoItX3.Control")
  Local $var = "This is a test"
  $oAutoIt.Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe" /AutoIt3ExecuteScript "C:\Apps\Autoit\Test.au3" ' & _
    '"' & $var & '"', "", $oAutoIt.SW_SHOW)
EndFunc

Test.au3

#include <Constants.au3>

MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, $CmdLine[0], $CmdLine[1])

 

[Danp2]

I'm not experienced with C#, but I can't imagine that it doesn't offer the ability to launch an executable without the use of a 3rd party library. Therefore, I'm confused about why you are trying to use AutoItX to launch an AutoIt script. Why not just use native C# for this?

P.S. Have you looked at the AutoItX help file entry for Run? To me, this command doesn't appear to support parameters.

[Nine]

@danp2  My example works.  It does support parameters

[Danp2]

@Nine I see that now. 😉

[Earthshine]

here is how you do it. from the master @LarsJ

 

I am not sure if you can do it via the com object mate. I have used the methods below and it works for me.

 

@Nine, you do have .net installed most likely... lol you can use msbuild to build stuff in C# or any .NET language. it's fun! and they have SDKs  too if you really want to develop/debug via Visual Code

Edited March 10, 2021 by Earthshine

[Paulliev]

@Earthshine Thanks for your answer. If I see correctly this is from autoIT to C#/ Dotnet. I have my variables in C# and want to pass them to my autoIT script running locally. I've got the AutoITX included in my C#. So it's the other way around.

[argumentum]

1 hour ago, Paulliev said:

I've got the AutoITX included in my C#. So it's the other way around

so..., wassup Doc.  
Say, why not write an AutoIt script and IPC back and forth with the C# ?. It'll be better than all this AutoItX, as AutoIt has more stuff.  ( my 2 cents. )