Cannot get return value from a .exe file

[czhe]

Hi all,

I have the following code:

Global $iResWidth;
$iResWidth=Run('"D:\AutoIt\res.exe" -getCurrent pixelwidth')
MsgBox(0, "whatever", $iResWidth)

The res.exe file is supposed to return 1680, which is my desktop's horizontal resolution, but instead it returns a random number each time I run my code.

I know the correct value is returned in command prompt.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

czhe

[mistersquirrle]

You want to return the width of your desktop? Use @DesktopWidth... it's a built in AutoIt macro. Also @DesktopHeight. It's much more versatile then using an external script (which I don't see how you'd parse data from...)

If you want to use the res.exe, I suggest having it write data to an ini file or something, I don't know how you could get data just by running the program

[MHz]

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Global $iResWidth;
$iResWidth=Run('"D:\AutoIt\res.exe" -getCurrent pixelwidth')
MsgBox(0, "whatever", $iResWidth)

The res.exe file is supposed to return 1680, which is my desktop's horizontal resolution, but instead it returns a random number each time I run my code.

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Hi czhe,

Run() returns the Process Identifier (a random integer given to a process to identify it).

RunWait() returns the exit code that should hopefully return the exit code of width of your desktop by running res.exe.

Use RunWait() instead of Run() to get your expected result.