MadCoder Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'm creating a network automation install script for applications when deploying new workstations. I was hoping to create one script to hold all my installation locations as variables. See below: Variables.au3 - $Matlab = "smb://location/to/matlab_install.exe" $Boost = "smb://location/to/boost.exe" $TortoiseSVN = "smb://location/to/TortoiseSVN.exe" $Mozilla = "smb://location/to/mozilla.exe" and so on... Then include that in my scripts example below: ; Get location variables #include "variables.au3" ; Run setup Run("$Boost") WinWaitActive("Boost C++ Libraries 1.39 Setup") ; Sendkeys to Setup exec Send("{ENTER}{ENTER}{ENTER}") SLEEP (5000) Send("{SPACE}{ENTER}") ; fin HOWEVER, It's not working. Is there a solution to use an outside file for EXE locations without embedding them with the scripts? I don't want to change every script if the location on the network changes in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 (edited) Create an INI-File and use the INI* functions to read section names (IniReadSection or IniReadSectionNames) or keys (IniRead). Example for INI file: [Matlab] Matlab=smb://location/to/matlab_install.exe To read a single value from the INI file use:$Matlab = InIRead("C:\file.ini","Matlab","Matlab","") Edited September 17, 2009 by water My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadCoder Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 VERY VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU VERY MUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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