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hi

i use AutoIt to preform automation system testing

i test win XP embedded system,

my script preform system restart , several task, log, then restart

after couple of runs the win is up but the script is frozen (some times 70 cycles some time 10 then freeze)

any idea what can i cheek?

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what do mean by "frozen".. check lines in ur code which make the script pause till a condition is achieved.. like WinWaitActive.. or msgbox.. or i/p box.. or a while loop which never exits.. post ur script for furthur analysis

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i have several "sleep" and "WinActivate" etc...

i start my script by placing a shortcut in the start up folder,

when the OS is halfway up then the system freeze.(i see the cursor ant the wallpaper)

didn't encounter this without AutoIT

$path = "d:\restart.ini"
    $ini = IniRead($path, "restart_count", "restart_number", "0")

if MsgBox(266513,"Automation", "Automation restart activated " & @crlf & @crlf &  $ini &" Loop Remain " & @crlf & @crlf & "Press CANCEL to abort.",5) = 2 Then
    MsgBox(0,'','Terminating Automation ' ,3)
    Exit
Else
    
; Count loop
sleep(200)
$path = "d:\restart.ini"
$ini = IniRead($path, "restart_count", "restart_number", "0")
if $ini >= 1 then
    $ini = $ini - 1
    IniWrite($path, "restart_count", "restart_number", $ini)
    
    
;look for Start then press button
sleep(180000)
WinActivate("LU-30")
$text = WinWait ( "LU-30", "Connect", 60)
    if $text = 1 Then
        Sleep(500)
        ControlClick("LU-30", '' , "Connect")
        sleep(180000)
    Else
        MsgBox(4096, "Automation", "Error: Unable to find -=Connect=- button stopping Automation process")
        Exit
    EndIf
        
; read Sleep from INI file 
Sleep(1000)
    $path = "d:\restart.ini"
    $ini = IniRead($path, "sleep_time", "sleep", "0")
    sleep(500)
    MsgBox(0,"Automation",'-    Going to sleep for '& $ini & ' milliseconds' ,3)
    sleep(500)
    sleep($ini)  ; sleep from INI
    MsgBox(0,'','-    Done sleeping  !! ' ,3)

;look for word in the GUI append to log
$path = "d:\restart.ini"
WinActivate("LU-30")
$error = WinWaitActive("LU-30", "Connected: 7" , 20)
    if $error = 0 Then
        MsgBox(16, "Automation", "Automation: Connected Modems is different than defined " ,5)
        Sleep(200)
        ;log to file error
            $file = FileOpen("d:\restart.log", 1)
            FileWriteLine($file,  @Hour & ":" & @Min & ":" & @Sec & ", Connected Modems is less than defined ") 
            FileClose($file)
        sleep(10000)
    Else
        MsgBox(16, "Automation", "Automation: Connected Modems OK ,"& @crlf & @crlf & "Restarting the system", 5)
        Sleep(200)
        ;log to file OK
            $file = FileOpen("d:\restart.log", 1)
            FileWriteLine($file,  @Hour & ":" & @Min & ":" & @Sec & ", Restart ") 
            FileClose($file)
    sleep(10000)
    EndIf


;Restart
    ;Run(@COMSPEC & " /c ewfmgr c: -commitanddisable")
    Sleep(1000)
    Run(@COMSPEC & " /c shutdown -r -t 3")
    
Else 
Sleep(200)
;log last restart
$file = FileOpen("d:\restart.log", 1)
    FileWriteLine($file, @Hour & ":" & @Min & ":" & @Sec & " ,End of automation  ") 
    FileClose($file)
    Sleep(200)
MsgBox(0,'','This was the last Automation restart cycle . ' )
Sleep(300)

filemove( "d:\restart.log", "d:\RestartLog.log", 1)
Sleep(600)
$log =  FileExists( "d:\RestartLog.log") 
    if $log = 1 Then
        FileDelete( "d:\restart.log" )
Else
EndIf

endif
EndIf
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You said that you see "cursor and the wallpaper" when it freezes.

It would be nice to know if the AutoIt script has even loaded yet.

Can you run ...PStools\pslist.exe against this XP embedded system from another computer?

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You said that you see "cursor and the wallpaper" when it freezes.

It would be nice to know if the AutoIt script has even loaded yet.

Can you run ...PStools\pslist.exe against this XP embedded system from another computer?

unfortunately the OS is frozen so i cant run PSLIST or so,

dose the script itself look OK?

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... dose the script itself look OK?

Yes. Nothing in there that could make it hang, but I doubt that the script has loaded at that point your describe the freeze.

Maybe you could add a Beep(500, 1000) to the start of the script and compare when you hear that during a normal start up to the point that you see the freeze. Make sense?

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Maybe you could add a Beep(500, 1000) to the start of the script and compare when you hear that during a normal start up to the point that you see the freeze. Make sense?

make lot of sense,

but the unit that i test dose not react to beep command, ( this is not a standard mother board )

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bummer - then just add a traytip and you will probably see that the AutoIt script loads several seconds after the desktop icons.

So, if you uninstall AutoIt and just use a simple batch file to loop restarts; does the system in question ever "freeze"?

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bummer - then just add a traytip and you will probably see that the AutoIt script loads several seconds after the desktop icons.

So, if you uninstall AutoIt and just use a simple batch file to loop restarts; does the system in question ever "freeze"?

i cant use batch file for the loop, i have to preform the "sleep"

i`ll will investigate other issues on my system, perhaps it`s not the AutoIT that freezes the unit.

thank you all for your help

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i cant use batch file for the loop, i have to preform the "sleep" ...

Right, but as a test - I thought something like this might do:

shutdown -r -t 1111

That gives a delay of about 18 minutes

And...

shutdown -r -t 1111111

...gives a delay of about 12 days

Maybe you can find some middle ground :-)

I know that you are doing more than just restarting the system - this was just a test to see if the system will hang all on its own every 70 to 100 restarts.

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I know that you are doing more than just restarting the system - this was just a test to see if the system will hang all on its own every 70 to 100 restarts.

i`ll will try this,

i think that the problem is the start up procedure,

because my software and the script starting at the same time (Windows start up folder)

is is passable to delay between the 2 software?

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i`ll will try this,

i think that the problem is the start up procedure,

because my software and the script starting at the same time (Windows start up folder)

is is passable to delay between the 2 software?

You could just have the AutoIt script start the app or use go old DOS again:

Start one thing (script or app) via the first line of a batch file... then make this the second line:

ping -n 100 127.0.0.1

that will delay the third line from starting for 100 seconds... add more seconds if you want.

the 3rd line of the batch file can start the second thing (script or app).

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