how to embed all related files (#include) into the compiled *.exe - (Moved)

[SonJoe]

Hi all,

I have compiled a script to exe (using aut2exe) and delivered it to another machine, which does not have AutoIt installed. There, it does not run, but tells me that an undefined variable is used.

I assume that the files referred to by #include are not embedded in the exe.

How can I make sure the included files are available, when I deploy the exe to another machine?

Thanks in advance for your helpful hints!

[Jos]

Moved to the appropriate AutoIt General Help and Support forum, as the Developer General Discussion forum very clearly states:

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[argumentum]

1 minute ago, SonJoe said:

I have compiled a script to exe

..once compiled, is all included. Check your code.

[Jos]

Everything will be included that is defined in your main script, so there must be somewhere a logic issue.  

Show you script and the error you get so we can help checking it.

[Danp2]

3 minutes ago, SonJoe said:

I assume that the files referred to by #include are not embedded in the exe.

You would be incorrect. There's at least one bug in your script that needs correcting. 😉

[SonJoe]

On the developer machine, it runs smoothly. That's why I guess the reason might be something missing in the compiled file, that is automatically found on the developer machine.

Here's the script.

zoom-shot-man.au3

[Melba23]

Sonjoe,

Running Au3Check on your script produced the following error and warnings (plus another 38 warnings about declaring Global variables within a function):

>Running AU3Check (3.3.15.5)  params:-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w- 7  from:M:\Program\AutoIt3  input:M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3
"M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3"(221,65) : warning: $PageDelayDelay: possibly used before declaration.
        RegWrite ($RegKey, $RegValPageDelay, "REG_SZ", $PageDelayDelay)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
"M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3"(390,49) : error: syntax error
    GUICtrlSetState ($AutoResetCheckbox, $AutoReset:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
"M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3"(480,40) : warning: $PicViewerPID possibly not declared/created yet
        $PicViewerPID = Run ($PicViewerProg1)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
"M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3"(519,33) : warning: $FileNameFix: possibly used before declaration.
    Local $FileName = $FileNameFix &
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
"M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3"(221,65) : error: $PageDelayDelay: undeclared global variable.
        RegWrite ($RegKey, $RegValPageDelay, "REG_SZ", $PageDelayDelay)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
M:\Downloads\zoom-shot-man.au3 - 2 error(s), 41 warning(s)
!>10:43:25 AU3Check ended. Press F4 to jump to next error.rc:2
+>10:43:25 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 3.652

M23

[Jos]

...  and on top of that you didn't tell us the error you are getting....   

[SonJoe]

Thanks a lot!

•  Au3Check is actually new to me.
• And I did not now that it's forbidden to define global variables in a function. I thought that, after it worked well on the developer machine, it would be ok.
• And it looks like this explains why the error message was "Variable used without being declared.". Nevertheless, I'm surprised that it works on the developer machine, if it's not allowed.

 

[jchd]

It isn't forbidden, just bad practice since it's prone to the kind of error you've experienced.

[Nine]

Also when it gets time to debug a script after a few months (or someone else may try to modify the code), it is quite a nightmare to follow global variables declare everywhere in the code.  The best practice is to declare ALL global variables at the very beginning of the code.