Conceptual Question

[Rishav]

Hi folks

have a general question here. What are the different ways that i can invoke script 2 from script 1?

For eg. take script 1;

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

    Local $Button_2, $msg
    GUICreate("My GUI Button")

    Opt("GUICoordMode", 2)
    $Button_2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button Test", 100, 100, 100, 50)

    GUISetState()

    While 1
        $msg = GUIGetMsg()
        Select
            Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
            Case $msg = $Button_2
                                ; Call the 2nd script here
                ; Run("C:\Documents and Settings\Scar\Desktop\s2.au3")
                ; ShellExecute ( "C:\Documents and Settings\Scar\Desktop\s2.au3" , 0, 0, "Run Script" )

        EndSelect
    WEnd

on the button press, its supposed to call script 2 ;

MsgBox(0, 'Testing', 'Button was pressed')

The simplest way, of course, is to turn script 2 in a function and call it in 1st script. But in my real code, i have the 2nd script itself calling many functions and am rather anal about code structure.

More importantly, i want the UI code to be completely separate from the called code so that maybe one day i can swap the UI with one made in QT without any major work.

what are the different ways i can call up the 2nd script on pressing the button in script 1?

ps. my shell execute and run commands don't work btw. >_<

pps. another problem is that i should call the 2nd script in a way that it uses autoit Beta version. I am using many .NET features of the beta version currently.

Thanks and Regards

Rishav

[WolfWorld]

Did you put the second script in Function? If so, get it out.

There is no reflection or any mean alike so no you can't do that.

Shell and Run should work by all means.

[Rishav]

ummm no. The 2nd script is just that msgbox command. my actual code for 2nd script is not a function either (but it does calls several functions)

Any idea, how i can shellexecute the 2nd script so that it uses the Beta auotoit exe?

[WolfWorld]

Oh you did not compile it yet.

Try ShellExecute(%THE PATH TO THE AUTOIT BETA EXE%, "'Path to your script'")

[Rishav]

i tried

ShellExecute ("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Beta\AutoIt3.exe","C:\Documents and Settings\Scarlett\Desktop\s2.au3")

and

ShellExecute (%C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Beta\AutoIt3.exe%,"C:\Documents and Settings\Scarlett\Desktop\s2.au3")

in script 1

before compiling but i still couldn't make it work.

the former gave me "Line 0 (File "C:\Documents"):

Error: Error opening the file.

" on running the compiled exe and the latter simply doesn't copiles due to syntax issues.

Sorry, am new to the idea of compiling scripts. >_<

[WolfWorld]

ShellExecute ("C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Beta\AutoIt3.exe",'"C:\Documents and Settings\Scarlett\Desktop\s2.au3"')

Try that and I do have a problem with Autoit beta before but that's a month ago and can't remember exactly what.

Edited August 25, 2009 by athiwatc

[Rishav]

it works. >_<

i'll try it out on my actual code first thing tomorrow.

btw, what exactly do the single quotes do there?

edited. the emoticon i chose was too gay. >.>

Edited August 25, 2009 by Rishav

[Mobius]

Hi folks

have a general question here. What are the different ways that i can invoke script 2 from script 1?

Hi Rishav,

There are two ways to look at this....

First method is for when both files are in script form, Make sure Script 1 is executed with your beta build

;-Snip*
; Since Au3 beta is loaded with script 1 it will be loaded for script 2 also
  Case $msg = $Button_2
    Run(@AUTOITEXE,'"C:\Documents and Settings\Scar\Desktop\s2.au3"')
;-Snip*

Second method would entail you to compile script 1 to an exe using the Beta build.

;-Snip*
; Script 1 was created using Beta so script 2 will be executed with beta also (Script1.exe)
  Case $msg = $Button_2
    Run(@AUTOITEXE,'/AutoIt3ExecuteScript "C:\Documents and Settings\Scar\Desktop\s2.au3"')
;-Snip*

Ed: damn too slow, must be getting old. >_<

Edited August 26, 2009 by Mobius

[Rishav]

slow but still very useful. I didnt know about the @autoexe macro.

this run command gives me yet another option that I can try.

thanks a lot Athiwatc and Mobius. >_<

though this should be what i need to proceed, if there are any other alternative ways, do let me know.