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[damien]

is there a way to add files into the script so that i can click a button from my compiled script and it will contain all the files neccessary to launch another application?

[JohnOne]

FileInstall

[damien]

thank you for your input. let me be a little more indepth. i would like to include the items from a portable application that is contained inside a folder and when i click on the button to launch the application it can reference the files contained inside of the compiled script but not extract them. for example.

$button1 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("ccleaner", 15, 40, 100)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent($button1, "ccleaner")

Func ccleaner()

Run("ccleaner.exe", "(file location)")

EndFunc

now the file location would be the location of the compiled script.

the script.exe would "house" the files necessary to run ccleaner.

is this possible?

[The Kandie Man]

thank you for your input. let me be a little more indepth. i would like to include the items from a portable application that is contained inside a folder and when i click on the button to launch the application it can reference the files contained inside of the compiled script but not extract them. for example.

$button1 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("ccleaner", 15, 40, 100)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent($button1, "ccleaner")

Func ccleaner()

Run("ccleaner.exe", "(file location)")

EndFunc

now the file location would be the location of the compiled script.

the script.exe would "house" the files necessary to run ccleaner.

is this possible?

You are using Run() incorrectly. The second parameter is not the path to the executable, it is what the executable's working directory will be set to when it is run. If the executable that you wish to run is not in the working directory of the script when the the Run() function is used it will not be able to locate "ccleaner.exe".

You want to be able to run ccleaner.exe without extracting it from the script.exe? This is not possible. If you use FileInstall(), it will extract the files to the specified location. You would probably extract the required files to a temporary location, run the executable, and then delete the files when finished.

Running an executable that is embedded in another executable in the manner you described is not realistically possible. This is not a limitation of AutoIt, this is a limitation in the way executable files are handle by the OS.

- The Kandie Man ;-)