GUI interaction fails

[AndreasJohansson]

Hi,

I have a compiled AutoIt script that is executed from a service which runs under the System account on a Win2k3 machine ('Allow service to interact with desktop' is checked). The problem is that the script executes an application that displays a GUI dialog and AutoIt can't "see" the dialog until someone logs on to the machine's console - a user therefore always have to be logged in for the script to work. Is there a workaround for this issue or do I have to modify my script to execute the application with the 'RunAs' function?

Current code

...
Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & $strPath & '\' & $strExec, "", @SW_HIDE)
...
While 1
  If (WinActivate("Banner")) Then
    Send("{ENTER}")
    ExitLoop
  EndIf
Wend
...

Thanks!