Which is the fastest way to run a script ?

[kcvinu]

Which is the fastest way to run a script ?

 1. Making an exe file from script (without using UPX) and run

2. Starting Autoit3.exe with script as a parameter.

 

[Andreik]

That's highly depending on so many factors that any possible speed improvement doesn't even matter. Just think about these silly cases but there are many more factors involved. You start your application but Windows Defender prevent your app to start for like 5 seconds or you start your application when the system is busy running applications with a higher priority and your app starts after 5 seconds and so on...

I don't think there is a such big difference to even matter since the big difference it's made by the system as a whole (OS, apps, etc). Anyway, what are you trying to achieve or is this a more philosophical question?

[kcvinu]

@Andreik,

Nothing special, I am just trying to find which is the faster way. Exe file is convenience because, when running from another program, it's quite easy to manage parameters. But in case of script, we need to run Autoit3.exe & AutoitWrapper.au3. So parameter list will be bigger and clumsy. In my use case, most of my scripts are running with PhraseExpress or QtTabbar (Famous windows explorer extension). 

[Andreik]

You can create a script to measure that. Make a script that will run the actual application and measure the time until the process exists. In the same way you can run autoit3.exe with script as parameter and measure the time passed until the process exists. If you want to be even more precise you can write a log with a timestamp from the measuring script when the application is started and from the actual application write also a timestamp when the first line of the script is hit and compare the results.

PS: to be relevant probably you should run the tests multiple times and get an average startup time

Edited November 6, 2023 by Andreik

[kcvinu]

@Andreik

That's a good idea. Thank you, let me try.😀

[Andreik]

After you get the results let me know, I am interested by results.

[kcvinu]

Sure.