thephantomlinguist

I would love to see that script when you're done. I deal a lot with Dell (90% of our computers are Dells) and I have been planning to automate more of the process. What you're describing would be incredibly useful. Can't wait to hear more. I wasn't aware of archrival's work. I took a look at his/her code and from first glance it looks like we used a couple of different methods for doing the same thing. I wish I would have seen it, though. Could have saved me a lot of time on the GUI. I spent hours pouring over the documentation trying to get it right.

I discovered AutoIT about a week ago and immediately realized its potential. My first several scripts were auto-installation scripts (isn't that what AutoIT was designed for?). This is my first attempt at a GUI and a standalone script. Basically, it converts back and forth between Dell Service Tags and Express Service Codes. The most interesting part for me was the base-conversion, but I'll let you decide for yourself. The original script: dell_convert.au3 Compiled version: dell_convert.zip