sharing variables

[GodForsakenSoul]

right now i'm using inis as a dump-place to shove my variables into via IniWrite(), and then have another file or a function read that ini file,

find the variable i need to transfer and use it.

the system is probably considered retarded, but hey, it works.

the problem with this system, of course, is that it's not 100% reliable. sure, it's awesome, but i actually was forced to add a few lines of pointless make-sure-that-it-actually-exists code to let autoit take a long enough distraction from the ini file to have it updated, and then when i read it again, WITH THE UPDATE, i can safely use whatever variable i'm thinking of at the moment.

using my calculations, and a number i pulled out of my ass, i'd say this dump/read system is only 87% efficient. mostly, due to fact that autoit is slightly faster then the speed of ini update or whatever.

i'm looking for a way to actually TRANSFER a variable into a file.

unsurprisingly, i failed. and i tried quite alot, i assure you.

so now i'm looking for suggestions on the topic from more experienced coders.

anyone? anyone at all?

[Jos]

What exactly are you looking for?

1. Sharing values within one script run?

-> Use Global Variables and/or pass the values via parameters of the Func calls)

2. Just keep values as defaults between script runs?

-> INI is fine

3. Sharing values between multiple scripts running at the same time?

-> INI for occasional updates.

-> For Fast exchange you can use the Windows WM_COPYDATA message or Named Pipes.

Examples are posted for interscript data transfers.

Jos

[Melba23]

GodForsakenSoul,

Take a look at this topic. It might help you.

But if you are still working on the same project, you have been shown by Volly how to combine the 2 scripts and so avoid the problem altogether!

M23

[GodForsakenSoul]

yeah, that #forceref thing doesn't work.

it doesn't recognize the variables as existing ones.

i'm looking to transfer data between included variables. i ditched the method described in my earlier post because it's simply too late to redo the whole script to fit into it.

[Jos]

yeah, that #forceref thing doesn't work.

it doesn't recognize the variables as existing ones.

i'm looking to transfer data between included variables. i ditched the method described in my earlier post because it's simply too late to redo the whole script to fit into it.

The #forceref thing works fine as such...

Don't know what you tried to do with it.

[GodForsakenSoul]

ok, maybe *I* don't understand how it works... i admit that's a possibility....

hell, i have no clue what it is actually. dude (you, maybe?) just said to me "do #forceref $variable, $someothervariable".

i don't know what to expect from it. ._.;;

[Jos]

The only purpose of #forceref is to avoid au3check errors/warnings and I cannot see what it would do for "inter-script" communication.

Anyways, the majority of the posts I have seen from you are as coherent as these last few so I am signing off again from this thread.

[Melba23]

GodForsakenSoul,

Did you read the #forceref topic you were directed to? Both Jos and I posted examples of how to use it there....

M23