tpirog

It does, but once GPEDIT.MSC comes up, the mouse goes haywire. Oh well.

Actually, I have discovered that Autorecord DOES do it! (FREAKING AWESOME!) NOW ... the only issue I have is that the first command it generates is "WinWaitActive("Start Menu","")" but it says that "Start Menu" is not valid. Does anyone know how to activate the windows 7 Start Menu in a script?

The thing I am hoping for is to just record my keystrokes and mouse actions. Can it be done without having to start a program? That's what I want ideally.

That is a great start, thank you. 1. On my 64 bit Windows 7 I get a pop-up that says "DLL Load Failed" and the app crashes. Any suggestions please? 2. On 32 bit it runs, but when I try to run GPEDIT.MSC, it doesn't seem to do anything. Why would it only for for ".exe" files? Or am I doing something wrong?

Does Autoit have an option for recording keystrokes? I assume not, but am asking just in case. I want to open GPEDIT.MSC and drill down to certain options and turn them on automatically. I don't know of any command line commands to do it, so I need to record and playback my keystrokes. Thanks. Tony

So it's not just me. Whew. (I'm on Win 7 64.) I think I'll just have to install the flash explicitly after I've done everything else.

Yikes!

2 screens and yes they both have the same title. The script with the loop doesn't work either. I really appreciate you time and trying to help by the way.

Please assume I am a beginner. I didn't understand what that last post meant but I did the following and it made no difference: Run("install_flash_player.exe") WinWaitActive("Install Adobe Flash Player") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") $hDone = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]","") ControlClick($hDone,"","[CLASS:Button; INSTANC:3]") Send("{TAB}") Send("{ENTER}") BTW: The "AutoIt Windows Info" app is awesome! My next install went super easy with its help. Thanks a lot. (Note: Still can't get flash to finish.)

I've tried all kinds of variations, and none work. Is there something specific that you see? Like based on what you see here, what would your final Winwait command look like? Thanks. Tony

Here's the summary page, attached.

I got the Window info. Pic attached.

Thank you AJ. I can't seem to get "AutoIt Window Info" to give me any info. Are there instructions for this anywhere? Anyway, I used your suggesiton and it still does nothing on the "installation complete" page. Here's the latest script (it needs a tab before the "Enter"): Run("install_flash_player.exe") WinWaitActive("Install Adobe Flash Player") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") WinWait("Install Adobe Flash Player", "Installation complete.") Send("{TAB}") Send("{ENTER}")

Here's the pic...

I have been creating installation scripts for my programs, and am stuck doing "install_flash_player.exe". On the last screen I need a tab and a space. It isn't happening. My first issue is that I don't want to bother you guys with my trivial stuff, but I can't find a good basic tutorial that will tell me what all the BASIC parameters are. For example, using the tutorial for Winzip, I see "WinWaitActive("WinZip® 9.0 SR-1 Setup", "&Setup")". I can't find any documentation telling me what the parameter ("&Setup") represents, and I suspect it is crucial to understand that in depth. So far I have been lucky and have gotten several scripts to work, but this flash player one has me stumped. Here is my current script: Run("install_flash_player.exe") WinWaitActive("Install Adobe Flash Player") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") WinWaitActive("Install Adobe Flash Player", "&DONE") Send("{TAB}") Send("{SPACE}") When it reaches the final screen nothing happens. Anyone have any suggestions? I will post a screen scrape but I have to exit my browser to do that. Will be back. Thanks a lot. Tony