Variable for 'run command' changes to number

[SystemWontAccept]

Don't ask what I'm trying to do, because this isn't it. I've just simplified the code so you can replicate the results.

#include <Constants.au3>
Local $Test = Run (@ComSpec & " /c dir, @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
MsgBox(0, 'WTF', $Test)

I thought the MsgBox would display the same contents I put in the variable but it doesn't. It displays just a number, that changes every run. 6180, 7316, 6604, etc. What's going on?

Ed

Edited February 6, 2010 by SystemWontAccept

[MvGulik]

whatever Edited February 7, 2011 by MvGulik

[omikron48]

$Test will contain the process ID of the process called by Run.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Don't ask what I'm trying to do, because this isn't it. I've just simplified the code so you can replicate the results.

#include <Constants.au3>
Local $Test = Run (@ComSpec & " /c dir, @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
MsgBox(0, 'WTF', $Test)

I thought the MsgBox would display the same contents I put in the variable but it doesn't. It displays just a number, that changes every run. 6180, 7316, 6604, etc. What's going on?

Ed

Congratulations on not making any sense at all.

The msgbox display exactly what the variable has, a PID (assuming you fix that obvious error).

You see, when you do this:

$SomeVariable = SomeFunction()

You save the return-value from that func! And what does the helpfile say Run() returns? The PID for the app runned, which happen to be a number.

So the msgbox DO display the content of the variable.

If this is not what you want to do, then you need to explain it to us. You may be a mind-reader, but we are certainly not

Edited February 6, 2010 by AdmiralAlkex