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Hi there,

I've been looking at using TCP comms for a new tool I'm writing (it's my learning curve type thing, write odd tools to help me learn).

I've managed to write a TCP Server that sits and listens for connections quite happily.

I can connect to it via Telnet (Under WinXP) and type at the keyboard, it echoes back what I type on the server console.

So I thought I'd try to make the server do something useful, so I changed the behaviour of handling data sent to it so that if the data is 'A:<some command>' it takes that as an AutoIT command to execute directly - anything else and it simply puts it out on the screen.

When it gets the A: command, it removes the 'A:' from it, displays the command to be executed (in this case, Beep(500, 500)). But instead of executing the command, it says it can't parse the command... however it's obviously tried to execute the command as the error message is from AutoIT itself.

To execute the AutoIT commands I'm using the AutoItExecute function which can be found below.

Func AutoItExecute($Cmd)
    $cmd = binarytostring($cmd, 1)
    RunWait(@AutoItExe & ' /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "' & $Cmd & '"')
EndFunc

I'm using it literally as displayed, even if I comment out the 'BinaryToSTring' line - it still complains.

Am I doing something really silly by trying to get AutoIT to execute it's own internal commands?

Is there another way I could accomplish this?

Any help, suggestions or anything would be greatly appreciated >_<

Az

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Execute()

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Execute()

Not that I'm doubting what you say but in the helpfile - execute() doesn't actually say it can execute internal autoit commands - it simply says it evaluates an expression - which is probably where I'm confused.

In any case, I will give it a go - thanks >_<

Az

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Yes, Execute "runs" a line of AutoIt code including all native AutoIt methods. I think you can even call Execute inside Execute.

Doesn't the au3 commands need to be inside an au3 file?

When I try to use them from the command line:

Autoit3.exe Execute("Beep(100,100)")

then it pops up with error:

Line 0 (File "C:\program files\AutoIT3.3.0.0\Execute(Beep(100,100))"):

Error: Error opening the file

When I however place the beep statement into an au3 file (myBeep.au3)

and run it from the command line with:

Autoit3.exe  mybeep.au3

It works just fine.

Can you give an example how your solution should be used?

If you learn from It, it's not a mistake

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Yes, Execute "runs" a line of AutoIt code including all native AutoIt methods. I think you can even call Execute inside Execute.

Now that's pretty cool - I did see Execute() in the help file but it didn't (initially) sound like what I wanted.

Okay, after some messing around with my TCP server, it now works wonderfully - BEEP doesn't work (as in, no sound is ever heard) but that's minor, msgbox, cdtray and a few other commands work.

The problem I was having wasn't to do with the user function _AutoITExecute - but it was because the data received had a ton of whitespace at the end, which I hadn't wiped with StringStripWS.

Thanks >_<

Az

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It works just fine.

Can you give an example how your solution should be used?

I can happily do this >_<

$z = Execute("<AutoITCommand-Here>")

Replace 'AutoITCommand-Here' with what you'd like it to do.

If your command is in a variable, then you also don't need the quotes.

So something like the following should work just fine:

Local $MyCmd, $z

$MyCmd = "Beep(100, 100)"
$z = Execute($MyCmd)

HTH,

Az

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OK, but then You use the Execute command within an au3 file.

That would make sense.

I thought for a split second, it was used from the command line (which I didn't got working).

Thanx for the reply.

You can also run script from the command line, but you do not need Execute.

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3>AutoIt3.exe /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "MsgBox(0,'','Hello World')"
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Now that's pretty cool - I did see Execute() in the help file but it didn't (initially) sound like what I wanted.

Okay, after some messing around with my TCP server, it now works wonderfully - BEEP doesn't work (as in, no sound is ever heard) but that's minor, msgbox, cdtray and a few other commands work.

The problem I was having wasn't to do with the user function _AutoITExecute - but it was because the data received had a ton of whitespace at the end, which I hadn't wiped with StringStripWS.

Thanks >_<

Az

Keep in mind that any actions you do this way will occur on your server, not the client, if they are different machines. Now you ready to create a web server (Port 80). :(

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You can also run script from the command line, but you do not need Execute.

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3>AutoIt3.exe /AutoIt3ExecuteLine "MsgBox(0,'','Hello World')"

Ah Ha, that I didn't knew.

Many thanx for your info.

I tried your code and it works fine.

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Keep in mind that any actions you do this way will occur on your server, not the client, if they are different machines. Now you ready to create a web server (Port 80). :(

Or he can save himself some trouble and use this http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=68851

Shameless self advertising for the win. >_<

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