Loop not working.....

[dwell]

Hi all....

Thanks in advance for reading my post! The problem is I have some code running a loop statement and it only seems to work correctly the first time through. Here is the code:

#include <Process.au3>
$WinTitle = 'Untitled - Notepad'
$num = 0

While 1

    If WinExists( $WinTitle ) And $num = 0 Then
        $rc = _RunDos("c:\blah -a 10.1.10.30 -c XNET  -k blahblah -l 88.43.102.76:3882")
        $num = 1
        MsgBox(0, "", "yes")
    Else
        If WinWaitClose("Untitled") = 1 And $num = 1 Then
            $PID = ProcessExists("blah.exe")
            If $PID Then ProcessClose($PID)
            $num = 0
            MsgBox(0, "", "no")
        EndIf
    EndIf

WEnd

The reason I am using the $num is to eliminate processor load as the CPU creeps way up without it. When I run the script for the first time I get the MsgBox(s) and all as expected. The second time through it seems to only run the first part of the loop but does not fire the WinWaitClose. Am I missing something here?

Thanks,

dwell

[ViVoxity]

Hi all....

Thanks in advance for reading my post! The problem is I have some code running a loop statement and it only seems to work correctly the first time through. Here is the code:

#include <Process.au3>
$WinTitle = 'Untitled - Notepad'
$num = 0

While 1

    If WinExists( $WinTitle ) And $num = 0 Then
        $rc = _RunDos("c:\blah -a 10.1.10.30 -c XNET  -k blahblah -l 88.43.102.76:3882")
        $num = 1
        MsgBox(0, "", "yes")
    Else
        If WinWaitClose("Untitled") = 1 And $num = 1 Then
            $PID = ProcessExists("blah.exe")
            If $PID Then ProcessClose($PID)
            $num = 0
            MsgBox(0, "", "no")
        EndIf
    EndIf

WEnd

The reason I am using the $num is to eliminate processor load as the CPU creeps way up without it. When I run the script for the first time I get the MsgBox(s) and all as expected. The second time through it seems to only run the first part of the loop but does not fire the WinWaitClose. Am I missing something here?

Thanks,

dwell

I wish I could see the issue, but I don't.

Don't you wish creating loops in autoit was as easy as it is in C++?

[somdcomputerguy]

The WinWaitClose function waits for the specified process to be closed, it doesn't close it itself. That may be the issue here.

[dwell]

Hey guys.....thanks for the responses!

Just to clarify....what I am really trying to accomplish with this is basically triggering a program to run off of the status of the Notepad window. If it is open then run BLAH.....and when it closes kill BLAH. It works the first time I open and close Notepad....after that the loop gets moody.

Thanks,

dwell

[Melba23]

dwell,

Try splitting the 2 elements of the If statement:

#include <Process.au3>
$WinTitle = 'Untitled - Notepad'
$num = 0

While 1

    If WinExists( $WinTitle ) Then
        If $num = 0 Then
            $rc = _RunDos("c:\blah -a 10.1.10.30 -c XNET  -k blahblah -l 88.43.102.76:3882")
            $num = 1
            MsgBox(0, "", "yes")
        EndIf
    Else
        If $num = 1 Then
            $PID = ProcessExists("blah.exe")
            If ProcessExists("blah.exe") Then ProcessClose($PID)
            $num = 0
            MsgBox(0, "", "no")
        EndIf
    EndIf

WEnd

It works for me!

M23