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[bugs]

Hi Everyone,

Apologies first as this topic may have been covered many times before, but having looked through the forum I havnt been able to find a difinitive answer.

I have some drivers for a Roland Dr Stika cutting machine which are unsigned, meaning when I try and install them I get a dialog box displays asking me to confirm installation of unsigned drivers. I would like to automate the installation so I can install the drivers on our RM CC4 network. The drivers come in 3 forms I have the raw driver files an EXE and an MSI all unstall the drivers just they all display this box.

Im new to Autoit and scripting isnt my forte (dont mind learning though) could someone point me in the right direction of creating this script?

Thanks

[ProgAndy]

I think, you will have to create your own CA, and deploy it to the machines. Then create a certificate using your own CA and sign the driver.
Edit: http://wrongpc.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-self-sign-64-bit-driver-on-vista.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553467%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Edited by ProgAndy, 13 January 2012 - 12:53 PM.

[bugs]

I have already bin through this with no success, I thought Autoit might be able to automate the mouse click?

[ProgAndy]

Try to find the Control identifier with AutoIt WIndow Info and then try ControlClick or ControlCommand. Since MS is protecting many secuirty dialogs from automation I don't know if it'll work.

[boththose]

disable driver signing for the duration of the script?

[bugs]

Iv tried using this code:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
$pRun = ShellExecuteWait("C:DRIVER SV-8.msi", "/qn")
While ProcessExists($pRun)
If WinActive("Windows Security") Then Send("!i")
WEnd

but the dialogue is still displayed

Thanx for the replies but how can I find the control identifier?

[BrewManNH]

ShellExecuteWait
Runs an external program using the ShellExecute API and pauses script execution until it finishes. That might be why it's not working for you.

[bugs]

found If I removed the exclamation mark from this line it works
WinActive("Windows Security") Then Send("!i")

but, Iv just tried it on another PC and it doesnt (I have move the msi the the C: drive of the other PC)

iv alo noticed the installs runs very quick, the icon in the system tray appears for about 1 second

Edited by bugs, 23 April 2012 - 02:31 PM.

[Mechaflash]

As Brewman said, you'll want to use ShellExecute() instead of ShellExecuteWait() as your sendkeys will never run until AFTER the called application terminates.

found If I removed the exclamation mark from this line it works
WinActive("Windows Security") Then Send("!i")

As you should know "!" = alt so you're sending ALT + i. Based on your above code however, whether you have "!" or not shouldn't matter because of ShellExecuteWait(), unless the app opens another process and terminates the current one, which then you'll want additional checks for windows/processes to ensure you're sending the keystrokes with correct timing and focus.

[bugs]

OK so, now I have changed the ShellExecuteWait() to ShellExecute() and I have re-added back in the exclamation mark.

It compiles and builds OK but when I run it the icon in the tray appears for a second. I have checked in the driver repository and the driver hasnt been installed.

[Mechaflash]

Iv tried using this code:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
$pRun = ShellExecute("C:DRIVER SV-8.msi", "/qn")
While ProcessExists($pRun)
If WinActive("Windows Security") Then Send("!i")
WEnd

but the dialogue is still displayed

Thanx for the replies but how can I find the control identifier?

If it's exiting automatically based on the above code, I would think that your $pRun doesn't exist yet... or that process spawns a different process. Try using a WinWait() targeting the HWND in the title. Then WinActivate() & WinWaitActive() and send()

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
$pRun = ShellExecute("C:DRIVER SV-8.msi", "/qn")
WinWait($pRun, "")
WinActivate($pRun,"")
WinWaitActive($pRun,"")
Send("!i")

[bugs]

Thanx mechatflash, but I still doesnt work it just displays the windows security dialogue. If I add the classname behind winwaitactive then it doesn't display the box but, just sits there and doesnt install anything.

Thanx

Craig