Neophyte needs help w/Script

[AITNewbie]

Hi,

I'm not a programmer by any stretch of the imagination but think that I can get AutoIt to do what I want. However, I'm running into a snag. I am simply trying to create a script that will install Mozilla Firefox and then copy a config file to overwrite the default config which is created at install.

The problem I'm having is that Firefox puts its Prefs.JS config file in a folder which is unique to each install. I was able to search with AutoIT using the FindFileFirst command and bring back the directory name. I can set the name in a variable $file but when I try and copy the config file into the directory using the FileCopy command in conjunction with that variable it errors out. I'm sure my scripting is nonsense or I'm not using the right commands or I'm not using the variable correctly.

If anyone knows of a sample script out there that I could leverage or knows of a different way to accomplish what I'm trying to do, please let me know.

Thanks

KJ

[darkjohn20]

Post code. Receive help.

[l3ill]

Hi KJ,

Just a suggestion:

Try setting up your script including a silent install of mozbackup and then you can use it to automate the file transfer. Works on both Firefox and Thunderbird.

[AITNewbie]

Ok. I told you I'm a neophyte. Here's what I cobbled together using the Help file. As I said it returns the directory name 7z8yc8fz.default as the variable but the file copy doesn't do anything. So, I'm sure it's my FileCopy command or I'm not finishing the search function first, or...

; Shows the filenames of all files in the current directory.

$search = FileFindFirstFile("C:\Documents and Settings\LocalAdmin\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\*.default")

; Check if the search was successful

While 1

$file = FileFindNextFile($search)

If @error Then ExitLoop

MsgBox(4096, "File:", $file)

WEnd

FileCopy("c:\prefs.js", "$file")

; Close the search handle

FileClose($search)

[Fulano]

Reformatted:

; Shows the filenames of all files in the current directory.
$search = FileFindFirstFile("C:\Documents and Settings\LocalAdmin\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\*.default")  

; Check if the search was successful

While 1
    $file = FileFindNextFile($search) 
    
    
    If @error Then ExitLoop
    
    MsgBox(4096, "File:", $file)
WEnd

FileCopy("c:\prefs.js", "$file")

; Close the search handle
FileClose($search)

Edited March 15, 2010 by Fulano

[Raven1]

I see 2 things wrong.

The MsgBox that popped up with "7z8yc8fz.default" in it should have been your first clue.

It is just the name of the folder, but the FileCopy function needs the full path for the destination.

Second, in your FileCopy function you have the destination as "$file" which is a string not a variable.

Lose the quotation marks.

Fulano's reformatting of the code makes that last part stand out.

- Hope this helps.

Edited March 18, 2010 by Raven1

[bo8ster]

Also as you haave spaces in the path you will have to do something like FileFindFirstFile(" 'C:\Documents and Settings\LocalAdmin\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\*.default' ") else 'C:\Documents' might be used as the arg.

[AITNewbie]

Okay,

I swear I took the above feedback and tried the following and it worked a couple days ago:

; Finds the name of the custom folder.

$search = FileFindFirstFile("C:\Documents and Settings\NIT\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\*.default")

$file = FileFindNextFile($search)

FileCopy("c:\WFMTemp\prefs.js", $file, 1)

; Close the search handle

FileClose($search)

However, now it doesn't!!!

I'm losing my mind. I I can get the folder name in the string $file but can't then copy the file into that folder. It either doesn't copy anything or it puts it in the profiles folder and dead ends there.

This shouldn't be that hard. I apologize for being so thick but really need some help scripting this "simple" file copy.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[PsaltyDS]

Your $file just has the folder/file name found in it, without the full path. Maybe you need to add the rest of the path:

$sDir = "C:\Documents and Settings\NIT\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles"
$search = FileFindFirstFile($sDir & "\*.default")
If @error = 0 Then
    $file = FileFindNextFile($search)
    If @error = 0 Then
        $file = $sDir & "\" & $file
        FileCopy("c:\WFMTemp\prefs.js", $file, 1)
    EndIf
EndIf

Some error checking couldn't hurt, too.