AutoIt failing to get initialize.

[Prabhu]

I try to invoke AutoIt from a perl script as follows:

D:\>perl AutoIt.pl

The perl script is as follows:

`D:\\AutoIt F1.au3`;

The script F1.au3 sends {F1} to a application :

WinWaitActive("Control Panel")

Send("{F1}")

When I execute the perl script I get an error: Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150004).

However if on the command line if I do the following it is successful.

D:\>AutoIt F1.au3

What could be the reason for failure.

I use windows XP. Weirdly I observed that the running from perl script is successful when I try it in another machine..

Please advise.

[jvanegmond]

Probably because .au3 is not an executable file. When you "run" an .au3 file actually AutoIt3.exe is started. Try starting AutoIt3.exe with your au3 file as first parameter in your Perl script.

[Prabhu]

Manader,

I do indeed run it with AutoIt.exe. The following one line is in perl script.

`D:\\AutoIt3 F1.au3`

It fails. However from command line as below the same passes

D:\>AutoIt3 F1.au3

[Prabhu]

I tried AutoIt3.exe with au3 file as first parameter in Perl script. The same issue persists..

perl -e "'F1.au3 AutoIt3.exe';"

[Zedna]

perl -e "'AutoIt3.exe F1.au3';"

[Prabhu]

Zedna, I tried that as well. didn't help.

[Zedna]

Zedna, I tried that as well. didn't help.

I don't understand why you don't compile your AU into EXE.

Then you may easily call that EXE directly from anywhere.